The DAX Futures is trading at 13,141.80 up with +0.15% or +20.30 point. The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 6,201.80 up with +0.43% percent or +26.80  point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 5,046.00 up with +0.26% percent or +0.26% point.The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 3,376.00 with +0.15% percent or +5.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

European stock markets are seen opening cautiously higher Thursday, helped by an increase in German consumer confidence but held back by fraught Sino-U.S. tensions while coronavirus cases continue to mount.

At 2:15 AM ET (0615 GMT), the DAX futures contract in Germany traded 0.3% higher, the FTSE 100 futures contract in the U.K. rose 0.3%, while CAC 40 futures in France climbed 0.7%.

YESTERDAY ACTIVITY

For the day Germany’s DAX closed at 13,146.02 up with +0.32% percent or +41.77 point.the FTSE 100 closed at 6,227.57 up with 0.33% percent or +20.47  point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 5,044.39 up with +0.14% percent or +7.28  point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 27,005.84  up with +0.62% percent or +165.44 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,276.02 up up with +0.57% percent or +18.72 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 10,706.13 up with +0.24% percent or +25.76 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 22,751.61 with a loss of –0.58% percent or –132.61 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 25,188.67 up with +0.52% percent or +130.73  point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,325.11 with a loss of –0.24% percent or –0.24% point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 38,079.69  up with +0.55% percent or +208.17   point at 12:15 PM.