The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 7,025.80 up with +0.08% percent or +5.80 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 6,307.00 with +0.69% percent or +43.00 point. The DAX Futures is trading at 15,182.00 up with +0.11% or +17.00 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 3,974 up with +0.05% percent or +1 point.
TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS
The IHS Markit Germany Composite PMI was revised lower to 55.8 in April 2021 from a preliminary of 56 and March’s 37-month high of 57.3, owing to the combination of a broad stagnation in services activity and a slower expansion in goods production. New business softened while the overall rate of job creation accelerated to a two-and-a-half year high. On the price front, input price inflation was at a near-record high in April, while average prices charged for goods and services showed the steepest increase since January 2019. Looking ahead, expectations eased slightly from March’s series-record high (since July 2012).
YESTERDAY ACTIVITY
For the day Germany’s DAX closed at 15,170.78 up with + percent or +314.30 point.the FTSE 100 closed at 7,039.30 with percent or +116.13 point. France’s CAC 40 closed at 6,339.47 up with percent or +87.72 point.
WORLD MARKETS
For the day the Dow is trading at 34,230.34 up with +percent or +97.31 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 4,167.59 up with + percent or +2.93 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 13,582.42 with a loss of – percent or –51.08 point.
In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 29,321.17 up with + percent or +508.54 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 28,565.81 up with + percent or +147.83 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,451.29 up with + percent or +4.27 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 48,668.03 with a loss of percent or ?9.52 point at 12:15 PM.