The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 5,408.20 with a loss of -0.90% percent or –49.30 point.The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 6,421.80 with a loss of -1.56% percent or -101.70 point.  The DAX Futures is trading at 13,387.00  with a loss of  -0.98% or -133.00 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 3,485.00 with a loss of  -0.66% percent or -23.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

Shipping carriers rejected U.S. agricultural export containers worth hundreds of millions of dollars during October and November, instead sending empty containers to China to be filled with more profitable Chinese exports, a CNBC investigation found.

The Federal Maritime Commission has received petitions from U.S. agricultural exporters warning that the delays in trade not only threaten profits but the reputation of the industry.

YESTERDAY ACTIVITY

For the day France’s CAC  40 closed at 5,402.31  with a loss of –percent or  ?57.31 point.the FTSE 100 closed at 6,466.36  with a loss of –percent or –101.01 point. Germany’s DAX closed at 13,364.76  with a loss of –percent or ?255.70 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 30,303.17 with a loss of –percent or  -633.87 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,750.77 with a loss of – percent or  –98.85 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 13,270.60 with a loss of – percent or ?355.47  point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 28,197.42  with a loss of –percent or ?437.79 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 28,550.77 with a loss of – percent or –746.76 point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,505.18 with a loss of – percent or –68.17 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 46,682.98 with a loss of –percent or –726.95 point at 12:15 PM.