The DAX Futures is trading at 15,668.00 with a loss of -0.23% or -35.50 point.The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 7,079.50 with a loss of -0.03% percent or -2.00 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 6,547.00 with +0.63% percent or +41.00 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 4,096.00 with a loss of -0.07% percent or -3.00 point.
TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS
Industrial production in Germany unexpectedly fell 1% month-over-month in April of 2021, compared to market forecasts of a 0.5% rise, amid semiconductor shortages and other supply chain disruptions that were exacerbated by the blockage of the Suez Canal in early April. Production decreased for consumer goods (-3.3%), intermediate (-0.2%), capital goods (-0.1%) and construction (-4.3%) but increased for energy (6%). Year-on-year, industrial output surged 26.4% due to low base effects from 2020 when the coronavirus pandemic hit the economy hard. Compared to February 2020, industrial output was down 5.6%.
YESTERDAY ACTIVITY
For the day Germany’s DAX closed at 15,677.15 with a loss of – percent or –15.75 point. the FTSE 100 closed at 7,077.22 up with +percent or +8.18 point. France’s CAC 40 closed at 6,543.56 up with +percent or +27.90 point.
WORLD MARKETS
For the day the Dow is trading at 34,630.24 with a loss of –percent or –126.15 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 4,226.52 with a loss of – percent or ?3.37 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 13,881.72 up with + percent or +67.23 point.
In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 28,954.54 with a loss of – percent or ?64.70 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 28,691.26 with a loss of – percent or –96.02 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,573.94 with a loss of –percent or 25.60 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 52,280.93 with a loss of –percent or ?47.58 point at 12:15 PM.