DAX Futures Update : 31 August 2021
The DAX Futures is trading at 15,909.00 up with +0.06% or +9.20 point. The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 7,154.00 up with +0.33% percent or +23.50 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 6,681.00 up with +0.03% percent or +2.00 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 4,208.00 up with +0.24% percent or +10.00 point.
TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS
The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in Germany edged down to 3.6 percent in July 2021, the lowest since March 2020, as the number of unemployed declined by 1.2 percent to 1.56 million while employment was unchanged at 41.44 million. Meanwhile, the number of persons in employment whose place of residence is in Germany rose markedly by 105,000, or 0.2 percent, to 44.8 million in July. However, that number was still 1.0 percent lower (449,000) than in February 2020, the month before restrictions were imposed due to the coronavirus pandemic in the country. The youth unemployment rate, measuring job-seekers under 25 years old, declined to 7.5 percent from 7.7 percent.
YESTERDAY ACTIVITY
For the day Germany’s DAX closed at 15,887.31 up with +percent or +35.56 point. the FTSE 100 closed at 7,148.01 up with +percent or +23.03 point. France’s CAC 40 closed at 6,687.30 up with + percent or +5.38 point.
WORLD MARKETS
For the day the Dow is trading at 35,399.84 with a loss of –percent or ?55.96 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 4,528.79 up with + percent or +19.42 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 15,265.89 up with +percent or +136.39 point.
In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 28,127.45 up with + percent or +338.16 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 25,673.54 with percent or +134.00 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,538.46 up with + percent or +10.31 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 57,029.00 up with percent or +139.24 point at 12:15 PM.