The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 7,549.00   with  a loss of -0.20% percent or -15.00 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 6,032.00  with a loss of -0.10% percent or -6.00 point. The DAX Futures is trading at 13,417.00  with a loss of  -0.40% percent or -53.70 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 3,758.00 with a loss of -0.21% percent or -8.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

The FTSE 100 was up 0.1% at 7,622.35, while sterling advanced 0.15% against the US dollar to 1.30147, steadying a day after after sustaining heavy losses on the back of weak growth figures and expectations for an interest rate cut by the Bank of England.

YESTERDAY ACTIVITY

For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 7,622.35  up with +0.062% percent or +4.75 point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 6,040.89  up with +0.079% percent or +4.76 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 13,456.49  up with +0.037% percent or +4.97  point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 28,939.67  up with +0.11%% percent or +32.62  point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,283.15   with a loss of –0.15% percent or -4.98  point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 9,251.33 with  a loss of –0.24%percent or –22.60 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 23,916.58   with a loss of –0.45% percent or –108.59  point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 28,743.60 with a loss of –0.49% percent or –141.54 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,090.04  with a loss of –0.54% percent or –16.78 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 41,694.56  with a loss of –0.62% percent or –258.07 point at 12:15 PM.