FTSE Futures Morning Update on 17 January 2019

The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 6,773.80  with a loss of  -0.31% percent or -21.40 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 4,805.00 up with +0.40% percent or +19.00 point. The DAX Futures is trading at 10,871.00  with a loss of -0.52% percent or -56.60 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 3,051.50 with  a loss of -0.46% percent or -14.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

 London stocks finished on a mixed note on Wednesday as Theresa May faced a vote of no confidence, but in any case losses for the top flight index weren’t too pronounced, thanks to a strong performance from the housebuilding sector and hopes of a Brexit delay.

After the government lost the ‘meaningful vote’ on May’s Brexit plan by a record margin of 432 to 202, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn tabled a vote of no confidence in the government.

PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY

For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 6,862.68  with a loss of -0.47% percent or -32.34 point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 4,810.74 up with +0.51% percent or +24.57 point. Germany’s DAX closed at 10,931.24  up with +0.36% percent or +39.45 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 24,207.16 up with +0.59% percent or +141.57 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,616.10 up with +0.22% percent or +5.80 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at +7,034.69 up with +0.15% percent or +10.86 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 20,402.27 with a loss of -0.20% percent or -40.48 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 26,799.15  with a loss of -0.38% percent or -102.95 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,559.64  with a loss of -0.42% percent or  -10.79 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 36,329.46  up with +0.022% percent or +8.17 point at 12:15 PM.