The DAX Futures is trading at 14,398.00 with  a loss of -0.35% or -50.60 point.The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 6,672.80 with a loss of -0.78% percent or -52.70 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 5,927.50 up with +0.44% percent or +26.00 point.  The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 3,772.00 with a loss of  -0.47% percent or -18.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

The German current account surplus was little changed at €16.9 billion in January of 2021 from €16.6 billion a year earlier. The trade surplus increased (€14.3 billion vs €13.7 billion) and the services account switched to a €1 billion surplus from a €1.1 billion gap. Also, the secondary income gap remained around €7.3 billion while the primary income surplus narrowed (€9.7 billion vs €10.2 billion).

YESTERDAY ACTIVITY

For the day Germany’s DAX closed at 14,437.94 up with + percent or +57.03 point.the FTSE 100 closed at 6,730.34 up with +percent or +11.21 point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 5,924.97 up with +percent or +21.98 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 31,832.74 up with +percent or +30.30 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,875.44 up with + percent or +54.09point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 13,073.82 up with + percent or  +464.66 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 29,036.56 up with +percent or +8.62 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 28,780.83 up with + percent or +7.60point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,359.95 up with + percent or +0.66 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 51,055.35 up with percent or +29.87 point at 12:15 PM.