The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 5,973.80 up with +0.54% percent or +31.80  point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 4,865.00 up with +0.33% percent or +16.00 point. The DAX Futures is trading at 12,393.20 with a loss of -1.06% or -132.80 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 3,212.00 up with +0.63% percent or +20.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

London stocks finished well into the red on Thursday, dipping below the 6,000 point level, following a disastrous GDP release from the United States, and disappointing results from the likes of Lloyds.

The FTSE 100 ended the session down 2.31% at 5,989.99, and the FTSE 250 was off 1.34% at 17,017.05.

Sterling was trading stronger, last rising 0.42% on the dollar to $1.3051, and advancing 0.35% against the euro to €1.1062.

Fresh data during the afternoon revealed the extent of economic damage in the US in the second quarter, even if at a marginally slower than expected pace, alongside a fall in prices.

YESTERDAY ACTIVITY

For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 5,989.99 with a loss of –2.31% percent or –141.47  point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 4,852.94  with a loss of –2.13% percent or –105.80  point.Germany’s DAX closed at 12,379.65 with a loss of -3.45% percent or –442.61 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 26,313.65 with  a loss of -0.85% percent or -225.92 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,246.22 with a loss of  –0.38% percent or -0.38% point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 10,587.81 up with +0.43% percent or +44.87 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 21,710.00 with a loss of –2.82% percent or –629.23 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 24,696.03 with a loss of –0.059% percent or –14.56 point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,305.61 up with +0.57% percent or +18.78 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 37,677.58 with a loss of –0.16% percent or –58.49  point at 12:15 PM.