The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 7,251.00 up with +0.17% percent or +12.00 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 5,670.80  with +0.37% percent or +20.80 point. The DAX Futures is trading at 12,861.50 up with +0.37% percent or +47.00 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 3,604.00 up with +0.17% percent or +6.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

Prime Minister Boris Johnson paused his Brexit bill on Tuesday after MPs voted in favour of his deal but rejected the PM’s attempts to rush it through the Commons in three days. Johnson is expected to call for a general election if EU leaders agree to grant the UK a Brexit extension until January.

Neil Wilson, chief market analyst at Markets, said the EU is likely to agree an extension, but the question is the length, which depends on the purpose.

TODAY ACTIVITY

For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 7,275.44 up with +0.20% percent or +14.70 point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 5,653.44 with a loss of –0.075% percent or ?4.24 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 12,798.19 up with +0.34% percent or +43.50  point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 26,833.95  up with +0.17% percent or  +45.85  point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,004.52  up with 0.28% percent or +8.53 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 8,119.79  up with +0.19% percent or +15.50 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 22,750.60 up with +0.55%% percent or +125.22 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 26,786.52  up with +0.83% percent or +219.79 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,940.92  with a loss of –0.024% percent or –0.70  point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 39,115.37 up with +0.14% percent or +56.54  point at 12:15 PM.