The DAX Futures is trading at 13,655.70  with  a loss of -0.36% or -49.30 point. The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 6,461.00 with a loss of -0.70% percent or -45.50 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 5,566.00 with a loss of -0.65% percent or -36.50 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 3,541.00 up with +0.03% percent or +1.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

Import prices in Germany fell 3.8 percent year-on-year in November of 2020, compared with market forecasts of a 4 percent decline and after a 3.9 percent drop in October. Excluding crude oil and mineral oil products, prices decreased by 1.3 percent. On a monthly basis, import prices went up 0.5 percent month-over-month, higher than 0.3 percent in October.

YESTERDAY ACTIVITY

For the day Germany’s DAX closed at 13,718.78 with a loss of –0.31% percent or –42.60 point. the FTSE 100 closed at 6,555.82 with a loss of –0.71% percent or ?46.83 point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 5,599.41 with a loss of –0.22% percent or –12.38 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 30,409.56 up with +0.24% percent or +73.89 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,732.04 with +0.13% percent or +5.00point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 12,870.00 up with +0.15% percent or  +19.78 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 27,444.17 with a loss of –0.45% percent or –123.98 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 27,231.13 up with +0.31% percent or +84.02 point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,458.89 up with +1.30% percent or +44.43 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 47,787.32 up with +0.086% percent or  +41.10 point at 12:15 PM.