The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 7,232.20  up with +0.15% percent or +10.50 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 5,868.50  up with +0.20% percent or +11.50 point. The DAX Futures is trading at 13,156.50  up with +0.06% percent or +8.20 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 3,690.00 up with +0.22% percent or +8.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

The FTSE 100 edged up by 0.04% to 7,216.25, while the pound steadied after hitting a six-day low against the greenback as a YouGov poll suggested that the Conservative majority had fallen to 28 seats from 68 seats a couple of weeks ago and 80 at the start of campaigning. Sterling was up by 0.14% versus the US dollar to 1.3175 and 0.16% firmer against the euro to 1.1879.

YESTERDAY ACTIVITY

For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 7,216.25  up with +0.035% percent or +2.49 point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 5,860.88 up with +0.22% percent or +12.85 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 13,146.74  up with +0.58% percent or +76.02 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 27,911.30 up with +0.11% percent or +29.58  point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,141.63  up with +0.29% percent or +9.11 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 8,654.05  up with +0.44% percent or +37.87 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 23,424.81  up with +0.14% percent or +32.95 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 26,991.23 up with +1.30% percent or +345.80 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,915.70 with a loss of –0.30% percent or –8.72  point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 40,505.33  up with +0.23% percent or +92.76  point at 12:15 PM.