The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 7,493.50 with  a loss of -0.13% percent or -9.50 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 5,981.50 with  a loss of -0.25% percent or -15.00 point. The DAX Futures is trading at 13,457.50  with a loss of  -0.03% percent or -4.20 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 3,748.00  with a loss of  -0.11% percent or -4.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

The pan-European Stoxx 600 was down 0.08% at 423.04, with the CAC 40 in Paris off 0.58% at 6,010.98, and Frankfurt’s DAX 0.3% weaker at 13,515.75.

In Madrid, the IBEX 35 was 0.39% weaker at 9,573.70, while Milan’s FTSE MIB fell 0.58% to 23,706.29, and closer to home, the FTSE 100 slid 0.51% to 7,571.92.

The common currency was last weaker against sterling, falling 0.63% to £0.8441, while against the dollar, the euro managed gains of 0.03% to $1.1085.

YESTERDAY ACTIVITY

For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 7,571.92 with a loss of –0.51% percent or –38.78  point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 6,010.98   with a loss of –0.58% percent or –35.00 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 13,515.75  with a loss of  –0.30% percent or ?40.12  point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 29,186.27 with a loss of –0.033% percent or –9.77  point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,321.75  up with +0.029% percent or +0.96  point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 9,383.77 up with +0.14% percent or  +12.96 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 23,795.44   with a loss of –0.98% percent or –235.91   point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 27,811.66  with a loss of –1.87% percent or –529.38  point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,976.53 with a loss of –2.75% percent or –84.23 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 41,326.53 up with +0.51% percent or +211.15 point at 12:15 PM.