The DAX Futures is trading at 13,215.50 up with  +0.05% or +6.40 point.The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 6,462.00 with a loss of -1.09% percent or -71.00 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 5,504.50 up with percent or +8.50 point.  The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 3,486.00  with a loss of -0.60% percent or -21.00  point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

Germany fell 1.7 percent year-on-year in November 2020, the 10th consecutive annual decline. Biggest downward pressure came from cost of petroleum products (-18.1 percent), live animals (-22.9 percent), data processing equipment, peripheral devices and software (-3.7 percent), and iron, steel, iron and steel semi-finished products (-1.6 percent). In contrast, prices rose for residual materials (7.5 percent), grain, raw tobacco, seeds and animal feed (7.2 percent) and fruit, vegetables and potatoes (2.0 percent). On a monthly basis, wholesale prices inched up 0.1 percent.

YESTERDAY ACTIVITY

For the day Germany’s DAX closed at 13,223.16 up with +percent or  +108.86 point.the FTSE 100 closed at 6,531.83 with a loss of –percent or 14.92 point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 5,527.84 up with + percent or +20.29 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 29,861.55  with a loss of –percent or –184.82 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,647.49 with a loss of – percent or –15.97 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 12,440.04 up with percent or  +62.17 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 26,687.84 with a loss of –percent or  ?44.60 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 26,234.72 with a loss of –percent or -154.80 point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,367.58 with a loss of – percent or –1.54 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 46,107.33 with a loss of –percent or  –146.13 point at 12:15 PM.