The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 6,201.80 up with +0.43% percent or +26.80  point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 5,046.00 up with +0.26% percent or +0.26% point. The DAX Futures is trading at 13,141.80 up with +0.15% or +20.30 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 3,376.00 with +0.15% percent or +5.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

London stocks were set for a steady open on Thursday amid ongoing concerns about a rise in US coronavirus cases and escalating tensions between the US and China, as hopes of a Brexit trade deal faded.

The FTSE 100 was called to open unchanged at 6,207.

CMC Markets analyst Michael Hewson said: “European markets slipped back yesterday, dragged lower on a combination of concerns over rising coronavirus infection and death rates in the US, as well as worries over an escalation in tensions between the US and China after the US ordered the closure of the Chinese consulate in Houston Texas, prompting fears over possible retaliation.

YESTERDAY ACTIVITY

For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 6,227.57 up with 0.33% percent or +20.47  point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 5,044.39 up with +0.14% percent or +7.28  point.Germany’s DAX closed at 13,146.02 up with +0.32% percent or +41.77 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 27,005.84  up with +0.62% percent or +165.44 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,276.02 up up with +0.57% percent or +18.72 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 10,706.13 up with +0.24% percent or +25.76 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 25,188.67 up with +0.52% percent or +130.73  point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,325.11 with a loss of –0.24% percent or –0.24% point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 38,079.69  up with +0.55% percent or +208.17   point at 12:15 PM.