The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 6,299.00 with a loss of  -0.99% percent or -63.00 point. The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 6,957.00  with a loss of -0.99% percent or -69.50 point. The DAX Futures is trading at 15,252.50 with a loss of -0.26% or -40.50 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 3,964 with a loss of -1.07% percent or -43 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

European stock markets struggled last week after U.S. consumer prices jumped at the fastest rate since 2008, increasing worries that the Federal Reserve could be forced to start tapering its easy monetary policy earlier than guided.

This weak tone has continued Monday after data showed that China’s economy, the second largest in the world, is continuing to grow but the recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic is uneven and still has a long way to go.

YESTERDAY ACTIVITY

For the day France’s CAC  40 closed at 6,353.67 with a loss of –percent or –13.68 point.the FTSE 100 closed at 7,034.24 with percent or +1.39 point. Germany’s DAX closed at 15,386.58  with a loss of – percent or ?10.04 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 34,060.66 with a loss of –percent or –267.13 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 4,127.83 with a loss of – percent or –35.46 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 13,303.64 with a loss of percent or –75.41 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 27,947.11 with  a loss of – percent or ?459.73 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 28,593.81 up with + percent or +399.72 point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,513.25  with a loss of – percent or ?15.77 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 50,049.70 with a loss of –percent or –143.63 point at 12:15 PM.