The DAX Futures is trading at 12,685.80 up  with +0.21% or +27.20 point. The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 5,869.80 up with +0.91% percent or +52.80 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 4,805.80 up with +0.89% percent or +42.30 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 3,178.00 up with +0.47% percent or +15.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

Consumer confidence in Germany was at -1.6 heading into October 2020, following a marginally revised -1.7 in the prior month and missing market consensus of -1, amid growing risk of another round of COVID-19 lockdown measures to curb the spread of the disease. The gauge for economic expectations jummped 12.4 points to 24.1, and the income expectations gained 3.3 points to 16.1. Meantime, the willingness to buy index dropped 5.3 points to 38.4 

YESTERDAY ACTIVITY

For the day Germany’s DAX closed at 12,594.39 up with +percent or  +51.95 point.the FTSE 100 closed at 5,829.46 up with + percent or +25.17 point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 4,772.84 with a loss of – percent or –19.20 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 27,288.18 up with + percent or +140.48 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,315.57 up with + percent or  +34.51 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 10,963.64 up with percent or +184.84 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 23,346.49 with a loss of – percent or ?13.81 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 23,698.02 with a loss of –percent or  –18.83point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,276.91 with percent or +2.61 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 37,789.00 up with + percent or +54.92 point at 12:15 PM.