The DAX Futures is trading at 15,292.00 up with +0.13% or +20.60 point.The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 7,082.20 up with +0.17% percent or +12.00 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 6,349.00 with +0.67% percent or +42.00 point.  The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 4,000.00 up with +0.20% percent or +8.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

The IHS Markit Germany Construction PMI fell to 46.2 in April of 2021 from 47.5 in the previous month. The reading pointed to the 14th consecutive month of falling construction activity. Supply bottlenecks worsened across Germany’s construction sector, with unprecedented delays in the receipt of building materials and products, alongside a sharp acceleration in the rate of input cost inflation to a survey-record high. This added to a continued downturn in total industry activity, as constructors recorded an ongoing reduction in demand for new building work. Finally, expectations for activity over the coming year dropped from a 13-month high to the weakest in 2021 so far.

YESTERDAY ACTIVITY

For the day Germany’s DAX closed at 15,196.748 up with + percent or ++25.96 point.the FTSE 100 closed at 7,076.17 with percent or +36.87 point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 6,357.09 up with percent or +17.62 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 34,548.53 up with +percent or +318.19 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 4,201.62 up with + percent or +34.03 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 13,632.84 up with + percent or +50.42 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 29,371.60 up with + percent or +37.15 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 28,708.92 up with + percent or +71.46point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,443.76 up with + percent or +2.48 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 49,278.53 up with percent or +328.77 point at 12:15 PM.