The DAX Futures is trading at 11,630.80 up with +1.01% or +116.80 point. The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 5,566.00 up with +0.48% percent or +26.50 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 4,548.00 with a loss of -3.78% percent or -178.50 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 2,978.00 up with +1.09% percent or +32.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

Germany’s seasonally adjusted harmonized unemployment stood at 4.5 percent in September 2020, unchanged from a month earlier. That was the highest jobless rate since December 2015, as the number of unemployed rose by 0.5 percent from the previous month to 2 million while employment was almost unchanged at 42.14 million. Youth unemployment rate, measuring job-seekers under 25 years old, edged down 0.1 percentage points to 6 percent in September.

YESTERDAY ACTIVITY

For the day Germany’s DAX closed at 12,063.57 with a loss of –0.93% percent or –113.61 point.The FTSE 100 closed at 5,728.99 with a loss of –1.09%percent or –63.02 point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 4,730.66 with a loss of  –1.77% percent or -85.46 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 26,519.95 with a loss of –3.43% percent or  -943.24 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,271.03 with a loss of –3.53% percent or  -119.65 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 11,004.87 with a loss of –3.73% percent or  ?426.48 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 23,331.94 with a loss of –0.37% percent or  –86.57 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 24,613.67  with a loss of –0.39% percent or ?95.13 point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,281.78up with +0.38% percent or +12.54 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 39,963.55 up with +0.10% percent or +41.09point at 12:15 PM.