The DAX Futures is trading at 15,191.00 up with +0.26% or +40.00 point.The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 6,925.50 with a loss of -0.09% percent or -6.00 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 6,211.00 with a loss of -0.61% percent or -38.00 point.  The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 3,946.00 up with +0.15% percent or +6.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

Germany’s gross domestic product dropped 1.7 percent on quarter in the three months to March 2021, slightly worse than the 1.5 percent fall expected, a preliminary estimate showed. Europe’s largest economy slipped back into contraction after two periods of growth, as the government imposed strict Covid-19 lockdowns to curb the spread of the pandemic, with private consumption being particularly hard hit and exports of goods providing some support.

YESTERDAY ACTIVITY

For the day Germany’s DAX closed at 15,135.91 with a loss of – percent or –18.29 point.the FTSE 100 closed at 6,969.81 up with +percent or +8.33 point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 6,269.48 with a loss of  –percent or –33.09 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 33,874.85  with a loss of –percent or ?185.51 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 4,181.17 with a loss of – percent or –30.30 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 13,962.68  with a loss of – percent or –119.86 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 28,812.63 with a loss of – percent or –241.34 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 28,268.93 with a loss of – percent or ?455.95 point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,446.86 with a loss of – percent or –28.04 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 48,424.65 with a loss of – percent or –357.71 point at 12:15 PM.