The DAX Futures is trading at 13,225.20 up with +0.26% or +34.70 point. The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 6,020.00 with a loss of -0.66% percent or -40.00 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 5,034.50 with a loss of -0.10% percent or -5.00 point.The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 3,310.00 with a loss of -0.33% percent or -11.00 point.
TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS
Stock futures in Europe pointed to a flat open on Friday as investors digest prospects for the global economic recovery and rising coronavirus infections across the continent. A plunge in US tech shares the day before also weighed on investors’ mood. Europe’s weekly COVID-19 infections are now higher than the continent’s first coronavirus peak in March, the World Health Organization has warned. Last week, infections exceeded 300,000, higher than 264,675 in late March. On the corporate front, Caixabank and state-owned Bankia have approved a merger plan that will create the Spanish largest bank.
YESTERDAY ACTIVITY
For the day Germany’s DAX closed at 13,208.12 up with percent or –47.25 point. the FTSE 100 closed at 6,049.92 with a loss of – percent or -28.56 point. France’s CAC 40 closed at 5,039.50 with a loss of percent or –34.92 point.
WORLD MARKETS
For the day the Dow is trading at 27,901.98 with a loss of – percent or –130.40 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,357.01 with a loss of – percent or –28.48 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 10,910.28 with a loss of percent or –140.19 point.
In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 23,360.30 up with + percent or +40.93 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 24,473.23 up with + percent or +132.38 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,334.67 up with + percent or +64.24 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 39,057.19 up with percent or +77.34 point at 12:15 PM.