Dax Futures Update : 31 March. 2022

The DAX Futures is trading at14,646.00 up with+0.13%percent +18.50point.The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at7,515.80with a loss of-0.01%percent or-0.70point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at6,725.20with a loss of-0.20%percent or-13.30point.  The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at3,872.00upwith+0.10%percent or+4.00point.

 

 

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

Retail sales in Germany went up 0.3 percent from a month earlier in February of 2022, below market expectations of a 0.5 percent increase. After turnover had declined in December 2021, retail trade recovered in the first months of 2022 although the so-called “2G” regulation, which restricts access to shops, still applied. Sales of food were almost unchanged while non-food sales rose 0.9 percent, with those in department stores surging 8.4 percent and online and mail-order sales up 1.8 percent. On the other hand, sales of textiles, clothing, shoes and leather goods decreased by 0.6 percent.

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YESTERDAY ACTIVITY

For the day Germany’s DAX closed at14,606.05with a loss of –1.45%percent or -214.28  point.the FTSE 100 closed at 7,578.75 upwith +0.55%percent or+41.50point. France’s CAC 40 closed at6,741.59with a loss of –0.74%percent or50.57point.

 

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at35,228.81 with a loss of –0.19%percent or65.38point. The S&P 500 is trading at4,602.45with a loss of –0.63%percent or29.15point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at14,442.27with a loss of –1.21%percent or177.36point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at27,821.43with a loss of  –0.73%percent or205.82point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at22,012.39with a loss of –0.99%ercent or219.64point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at3,257.33with a loss of –0.28%percent or9.27point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at58,559.21with a loss of –0.21%percent or124.78point at 12:15 PM.