The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 4,238.00 with a loss of -3.57% percent or -157.00 point. The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 5,428.80 with a loss of -3.67% percent or -206.70 point. The DAX Futures is trading at 9,529.00  with a loss of -2.30% percent or -224.70 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 2,642.00 with  a loss of -3.82% percent or -105.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP), which rose 11.96% or 2.79 points to trade at 26.12 at the close. Meanwhile, ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) added 8.60% or 0.69 points to end at 8.66 and Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) was up 7.40% or 1.34 points to 19.52 in late trade.

YESTERDAY ACTIVITY

For the day France’s CAC  40 closed at 4,396.12 up with +0.40% percent or +17.62 point.the FTSE 100 closed at 5,513.32 with  a loss of –2.80% percent or –160.74 point. Germany’s DAX closed at 9,935.84 up with +1.22% percent or +119.87  point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 21,917.16 with a loss of –1.84%percent or –410.32 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,584.59 with a loss of –1.60% percent or –42.06 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 7,700.10 with a loss of –0.95% percent or –74.05 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 18,065.41 with a loss of –4.50% percent or –851.60 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 23,050.25  with a loss of  –2.34%% percent or –553.23 point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 2,734.52 with a loss of –0.57% percent or –15.77 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 28,495.28  with a loss of  –3.30% percent or –975.68 point at 12:15 PM.