The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 6,238.00 with a loss of -0.52% percent or -32.50  point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 5,074.00  with a loss of -0.68% percent or -34.50 point. The DAX Futures is trading at 12,826.30  with a loss of -0.68% or -88.20 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 3,340.00 with a loss of -1.04% percent or -35.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

London stocks were set to fall at the open on Thursday following solid gains in the previous session, as investors mulled the latest UK jobs data.

The FTSE 100 was called to open 18 points lower at 6,274, having rallied on Wednesday following reports that positive results from the Oxford coronavirus vaccine will be out soon.

Investors will be digesting the latest economic growth figures out of China and looking ahead to the European Central Bank’s interest rate announcement.

YESTERDAY ACTIVITY

For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 6,262.25 with a loss of –0.48% percent or –30.40 point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 5,108.98 up with +2.03% percent or +101.53   point.Germany’s DAX closed at 12,930.98 up with +1.84% percent or +233.62 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 26,870.10 up with +0.85% percent or +227.51 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,226.56 up with +0.91% percent or +29.04 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 10,550.49 up with +0.59% percent or +61.92 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 22,770.36 with a loss of –0.76% percent or –175.14 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 25,100.10 with a loss of  –1.50% percent or –381.48  point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,210.10 with a loss of –4.50% percent or –151.21 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 36,246.70 up with +0.54% percent or +194.89  point at 12:15 PM.