The DAX Futures is trading at 13,702.00 up with +0.14%or +19.80 point.The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 6,510.80 with a loss of -0.29% percent or -18.70 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 5,566.80 with +0.38% percent or +20.80 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 3,544.00 with a loss of -0.20% percent or -7.00 point.
TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS
The IHS Markit/BME Germany Manufacturing PMI was revised lower to 58.3 in December of 2020 from a preliminary of 58.6. Still, the reading pointed to the strongest growth in factory activity since February of 2018, as it continued to recover from the shutdowns induced by the coronavirus pandemic earlier in 2020. Production continued to rise, albeit at a slightly reduced rate, while goods producers reported strong optimism towards the year-ahead outlook. Less positively, however, factory workforce numbers remained in decline, while increased strain on manufacturing supply chains led to a sharp rise in cost pressures. Looking ahead to prospects for 2021, December’s survey showed high expectations among manufacturers for output in the coming year. Many firms were hopeful that the pandemic’s impact on economic activity would diminish, and that clients’ appetite for investment spending would continue to recover
YESTERDAY ACTIVITY
For the day Germany’s DAX closed at 13,726.74 with percent or +7.96 point. the FTSE 100 closed at 6,571.88 up with +percent or +111.36 point. France’s CAC 40 closed at 5,588.96 up with + percent or +37.55 point.
WORLD MARKETS
For the day the Dow is trading at 30,223.89 with a loss of –percent or ?382.59 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,700.65 with a loss of – percent or –55.42 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 12,698.45 with a loss of – percent or ?189.83 point.
In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 27,159.50 with a loss of –percent or –98.88 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 27,566.52 up with +percent or +93.71 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,520.71 up with + percent or +17.75 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 47,933.66 up with +percent or +64.68 point at 12:15 PM.