The DAX Futures is trading at 15,430.50 up with +0.15% or +23.00 point.The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 7,136.20 up with +0.35% percent or +24.70 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 6,365.50 with +0.70% percent or +44.50 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 4,027 up with +0.25% percent or +10 point.
TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS
Germany posted a current account surplus of EUR 30.2 billion in March 2021, the largest since March 2019 and compared with a EUR 24.8 billion surplus in the same month last year. The goods surplus widened to EUR 23.3 billion from EUR 18.2 billion a year ago and the primary income surplus increased to EUR 10.0 billion from EUR 9.7 billion; while the services account switched to a EUR 1.3 billion surplus, from a EUR 0.3 billion deficit last year. Meanwhile, the secondary income gap rose to EUR 4.5 billion from EUR 2.8 billion. Considering the first quarter of the year, the current account surplus widened to EUR 66.4 billion from EUR 62.3 billion in the same period of 2020.
YESTERDAY ACTIVITY
For the day Germany’s DAX closed at 15,399.65 up with + percent or +202.91 point.the FTSE 100 closed at 7,129.71 with +percent or +53.54 point. France’s CAC 40 closed at 6,385.51 up with +percent or +28.42 point.
WORLD MARKETS
For the day the Dow is trading at 34,777.76 up with +percent or +229.23 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 4,232.60 up with + percent or +30.98 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 13,752.24 up with + percent or +119.39 point.
In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 29,512.00 up with + percent or +154.18 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 28,529.74 with a loss of – percent or ?80.91 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,411.85 with a loss of – percent or –7.02 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 49,555.98up with percent or +347.47 point at 12:15 PM.