The DAX Futures is trading at 12,142.50  with a loss of  -0.37% or -44.70 point. The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 6,190.20 with a loss of -0.05% percent or -3.00  point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 4,882.50 with a loss of -1.53% percent or -76.00 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 3,198.00 with a loss of -0.19%percent or -6.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

Just four months after joining the DAX, the Financial Times ran a story alleging a senior executive in the Asia-Pacific region at Wirecard was involved in “falsification of accounts” and “money laundering.” Wirecard, which had seen critics question its financial statements as far back as 2008, called the article “false, inaccurate, misleading and defamatory,” while filing a lawsuit against the Financial Times for “unethical reporting.”

YESTERDAY ACTIVITY

For the day Germany’s DAX closed at 12,330.76 up with +0.40% percent or +49.23 point.the FTSE 100 closed at 6,292.60 up with +1.10% percent or +68.53   point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 4,979.45 up with +0.42% percent or +20.70 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 25,871.46 with a loss of -0.80%percent or -208.64 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,097.74 with a loss of –0.56% percent or -17.60 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 9,946.12 up with +0.031% percent or +3.07 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 22,456.78  with a loss of –0.098% percent or –22.01  point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 24,435.32 with a loss of –0.85% percent or –208.57  point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 2,964.12 with a loss of –0.12% percent or –3.52  point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 34,879.61 up with +0.43%  percent or +165.12  point at 12:15 PM.