The DAX Futures is trading at 15,300.00 up with +0.08% or +11.50 point. The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 6,896.80 up with +0.14% percent or +9.30 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 6,197.00 with a loss of -0.19% percent or -11.50 point.The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 3,966 up with  +0.08% percent or +8 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

The IHS Markit Germany Composite PMI fell to 56.0 in April 2021, from a 37-month high of 57.3 in the previous month and below market consensus of 56.8, a preliminary estimate showed. The latest reading pointed to a slowdown in private sector activity growth, with services activity stalling and manufacturing production expanding at a softer pace.

YESTERDAY ACTIVITY

For the day Germany’s DAX closed at 15,320.52 with  percent or +124.55 point. the FTSE 100 closed at 6,938.24 up with +percent or +42.95 point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 6,267.28 up with percent or +56.73 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 34,043.49  up with percent or +227.59 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 4,180.17  up with percent or +45.19 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 14,016.81 up with + percent or +198.39 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 29,141.84 up with percent or +121.21 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 29,086.76 up with + percent or +8.01 point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,469.55 with a loss of – percent or ?6.80 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 48,586.26 up with + percent or +707.81 point at 12:15 PM.