The DAX Futures is trading at 15,444.50 up with +0.29% or +44.00 point. The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 6,975.20 up with +0.21% percent or +14.70 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 6,401.50 with a loss of -1.92% percent or -125.50 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 3,990.00 up with +0.26% percent or +10.00 point.
TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS
The German trade surplus widened to EUR 12.3 billion in May of 2021 from EUR 7 billion a year earlier. Exports surged 36.4 percent year-on-year to EUR 109.4 billion and imports increased 32.6 percent to EUR 97.1 billion. Exports to the EU countries were up 43.3 percent and imports 38.1 percent, of which exports to the Euro Area 40.2 percent and imports 36.9 percent. Sales to countries outside the European Union increased 28.7 percent, of which China (17.1 percent) and the US (40.7 percent). Imports gained 26.5 percent, namely from the US (32.6 percent) while purchases from China declined 4.4 percent.
YESTERDAY ACTIVITY
For the day Germany’s DAX closed at 15,420.64 with a loss of – percent or –272.07 point.the FTSE 100 closed at 7,030.66 with a loss of –percent or –120.36 point. France’s CAC 40 closed at 6,396.73 with a loss of – percent or –130.99 point.
WORLD MARKETS
For the day the Dow is trading at 34,421.93 with a loss of –percent or point. The S&P 500 is trading at 4,320.82 with a loss of – percent or 37.31 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 14,559.78 with a loss of percent or –105.28 point.
In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 27,882.31 with a loss of – percent or –235.72 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 27,418.19 up with + percent or +265.06 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,520.46 with a loss of –percent or –5.04 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 52,348.89 with a loss of – percent or –220.05 point at 12:15 PM.