The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 5,066.50 with  a loss of -0.10% percent or -5.00 point.The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 6,209.80 with a loss of -0.78% percent or -48.70  point.The DAX Futures is trading at 13,041.00 with a loss of -0.23% or -30.00 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 3,354.00 with a loss of -0.24% percent or -0.24% point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

European stock markets edged lower Thursday, retracing after sharp gains Wednesday, with investors fretting over the pace of the economic recovery in the region, not helped by the decision of the U.S. government to leave tariffs on Airbus and a host of other European goods unchanged.

YESTERDAY ACTIVITY

For the day France’s CAC  40 closed at 5,066.77 with a loss of –0.13% percent or –6.54  point.the FTSE 100 closed at 6,222.35  with a loss of –0.92% percent or –57.77  point.Germany’s DAX closed at 13,040.63 with a loss of -0.14% percent or18.00 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 27,976.84 up with +1.05% percent or +289.93 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,380.35 up with  +1.40% percent or +46.66 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 11,012.24  up with +2.13% percent or +229.42 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 23,249.61 up with +1.78% percent or +405.65 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 25,230.67 with a loss of –0.053% percent or ?13.35 point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,320.73 up with +0.044% percent or +1.46 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 38,315.02 with a loss of –0.14% percent or –54.61  point at 12:15 PM.