The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 4,373.50 with a loss of -1.43% percent or -63.50 point.The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 5,592.00  with a loss of -1.50% percent or -85.00 point.  The DAX Futures is trading at 10,212.50 up with +0.55% or +55.50 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 2,780.00 with a loss of -1.52% percent or -43.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

European stock markets have pushed firmly higher Tuesday, as investors anticipate more financial aid to help bolster the region’s battered economies.

At 3:30 AM ET (0730 GMT), the U.K.’s FTSE index traded 3.4% higher, France’s CAC 40 was up 2.8%, while the DAX rose 3.4%. The broader-based Stoxx 600 Europe index climbed 2.4%.

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YESTERDAY ACTIVITY

For the day France’s CAC  40 closed at 4,438.27 up with +2.12% percent or +92.14 point.the FTSE 100 closed at 5,704.45 up with +2.19%percent or +122.06 point. Germany’s DAX closed at 10,356.70 up with +2.79% percent or +281.53   point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 22,653.86 with a loss of –0.12% percent or ?26.13 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,659.41  with a loss of –0.16% percent or ?4.27 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 7,887.26  with a loss of –0.33% percent or –25.98  point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 19,359.86 up with +2.16% percent or +409.68 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 23,923.61 with  a loss of –1.36%  percent or –329.68  point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 2,811.17 with a loss of –0.34% percent or –9.59  point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 30,050.48  with  a loss of –0.056% percent or –16.73 point at 12:15 PM.