The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 7,409.00  with a loss of -0.07% percent or -5.50 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 6,099.50  up with +0.71%percent or +43.00 point. The DAX Futures is trading at 13,772.30  with a loss of -0.03% percent or -4.10 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 3,854.00 with a loss of -0.05% percent or -2.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

London stocks were firmly in the green on Today as concerns about the coronavirus eased and as investors mulled news that UK inflation hit a six-month high in January.

The FTSE 100 was up 1.02% at 7,457.02 while the pound was down 0.57% lower against the US dollar at 1.2926 and by 0.52% versus the euro to 1.1981 as risk appetite picked up and the US dollar continued to push higher.

YESTERDAY ACTIVITY

For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 7,457.02  up with +1.02% percent or +75.01  point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 6,111.24  up with +0.90% percent or +54.42  point.Germany’s DAX closed at 13,789.00  up with +0.79% percent or  +107.81  point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 29,348.03 up with +0.40% percent or +115.84   point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,386.15  up with +0.47% percent or +15.86 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 9,817.18 up with +0.87% percent or +84.44 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 23,479.15 up with +0.34% percent or +78.45 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 27,587.97  with a loss of  –0.25% percent or ?67.84  point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,030.15 up with  +1.84% percent or  +54.75 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at  41,393.37 up with +0.17% percent or +70.37 point at 12:15 PM.