The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 7,101.80  up with +0.77% percent or +54.30 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 5,276.50  up with +0.75% percent or +39.50 point. The DAX Futures is trading at 11,522.50 up with +0.99% percent or +112.50 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 3,314.00 up with +1.10% percent or +36.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

CMC Markets analyst David Madden said: “The S&P 500 posted a small gain last night as the market rebounded a little form the massive losses incurred on Wednesday, while the NASDAQ 100 finished fractionally in the red. US retail sales jumped by 0.7% in July and that assisted the greenback – which took a battering at the beginning of the month. The

“inversion of the yield curve spooked traders, but when you look at the economic indicators, the US economy is in rude health. The jobs market is strong, earnings are above CPI and workers are spending money, so we might see a row back in the calls for a rate cut from the Fed next month.

PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY

For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 7,067.01 with 0.00% percent or 0.00 point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 5,273.84  up with +0.70% percent or +36.92 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 11,526.67 up with 1.00% percent or +114.00 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 25,579.39 up with +0.39% percent or  +99.97 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,847.60 up with +0.25% percent or +7.00 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 7,766.62   with a loss of -0.094% percent or -7.32 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 20,418.81 up with +0.064% percent or +13.16 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 25,740.68 up with +0.96% percent or +245.22 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,823.82  up with +0.29% percent or +8.03 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 37,343.95 up with +0.087% percent or +32.42 point at 12:15 PM.