The DAX Futures is trading at 13,932.00 up with +0.07% or +10.00 point.The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 6,475.50 up with +0.12% percent or +7.50 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 5,671.20 up with +0.04% percent or +2.20 point.  The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 3,642.00 with +0.08% percent or +3.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

Germany were flat year-on-year in January of 2021, after sinking 1.2 percent in December. Increases in scrap and residual materials (34.2 percent); ores, metals and semi-finished metal products (8.9 percent); and grain, raw tobacco, seeds and animal feed (9.5 percent) were offset by falls in cost of live animals (-29 percent); petroleum products (-9.6 percent); meat (-5.9 percent); and data processing equipment and software (-4.8 percent). On a monthly basis, wholesale prices jumped 2.1 percent, the biggest increase since March of 1974, mainly due to cost of petroleum products

YESTERDAY ACTIVITY

For the day Germany’s DAX closed at 13,932.97 with a loss of – percent or ?78.83 point.the FTSE 100 closed at 6,524.36 with a loss of –percent or  ?7.20 point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 5,670.80 with a loss of –percent or  -20.74 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 31,437.80 up with +percent or  +61.97 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,909.88 with a loss of – percent or ?1.35 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 13,972.53 with a loss of – percent or  ?35.16 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 29,562.93 up with +percent or  +57.00  point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 30,173.57 with + percent or +134.85 point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,655.09 with + percent or +51.60 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 51,381.59 up with +percent or +72.20 point at 12:15 PM.