UK PRE MARKET

The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 7,278.50 with a loss of  -0.20% percent or -14.50 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 5,247.50 up with +0.03% percent or +1.50 point . The DAX Futures is trading at 11,949.80  up with +0.02% percent or +2.30 point . The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures is trading at 3,294.00 up with +0.12% percent or +4.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

International Consolidated Airlines, which owns BA, is leading the FTSE 100 fallers – down 3.4% to 657.2p – following a data breach of customer credit card details.

Support services business DCC is the morning’s top riser so far, up 2.45% at £68.97.

Gains are meagre on the wider FTSE 100, however, with the blue chip index up 4.21 points at 7,323.17.

Shares in pub and brewing group Greene King soared by 12.7% to 536.1p on the FTSE 250 after it reported strong like-for-like sales following the World Cup.

The FTSE 250 is down 17.71 points at 20,265.78.

PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY

For the day the FTSE 100 closed at  7,268.18 with a loss of  -0.13% percent or -9.52 point. France’s CAC 40 closed at 5,245.69 with a loss of  -0.12% percent or -6.52 point. Germany’s DAX closed at 11,944.12  with a loss of -0.13% percent or -15.51 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 25,916.54  with a loss of -0.31% percent or -79.33 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,871.68  with a loss of -0.22% percent or -6.37 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 7,902.54  with a loss of -0.25% percent or -20.18 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 22,373.09 up with +0.30% percent or +66.03 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 26,532.81   with a loss of -1.63% percent or  -440.66 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,669.48  with  a loss of  -1.21% percent or -32.82 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 38,017.91 with a loss of  -0.97% percent or  -371.91 point at 12:15 PM.