The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 6,203.50 with a loss of  -0.47% percent or -29.00  point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 5,053.50 with a loss of -0.91% percent or -46.50 point. The DAX Futures is trading at 13,105.50 up with +0.10% or +13.00 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 3,372.00 with a loss of -0.27% percent or -9.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

London stocks were set to edge down at the open on Wednesday as enthusiasm over the EU’s coronavirus package faded.

The FTSE 100 was called to open 14 points lower at 6,255.

CMC Markets analyst Michael Hewson said: “European markets enjoyed a fairly solid session yesterday, with the German DAX hitting a new five month high, however the progress proved to be hard to sustain with the DAX, CAC40 and FTSE100 all closing well off from their intraday highs.

YESTERDAY ACTIVITY

For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 6,235.38 with a loss of –0.55% percent or –34.35  point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 5,061.44 with a loss of –0.84% percent or –42.84  point.Germany’s DAX closed at 13,115.19 with a loss of -0.43%percent or –56.64 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 26,840.40  up with +0.60% percent or +159.53 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,257.30 up with +0.17% percent or +5.46 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 10,680.36 with a loss of -0.81% percent or -86.73 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 22,751.61 with a loss of –0.58% percent or –132.61 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 25,118.28 with a loss of –2.02% percent or –517.38  point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,333.16 up with +0.37% percent or +12.27 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 37,772.33  with a loss of -0.42% percent or –158.00   point at 12:15 PM.