The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 5,999.80 with a loss of -0.03% percent or -1.70  point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 4,882.00 with 0.00% percent or 0.00 point. The DAX Futures is trading at 12,602.50 with a loss of -0.43% or -54.40 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 12,602.50 with a loss of -0.43% percent or -54.40 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

London stocks closed on the red on Thursday, after the Bank of England stood pat on interest rates and warned the economic recovery would take longer than expected.

The FTSE 100 ended the session down 1.27% at 6,026.94, and the FTSE 250 was 0.9% weaker at 17,479.38.

Sterling was trading stronger, last rising 0.37% against the dollar to $1.3163, and advancing 018% on the euro to €1.1074.

Tensions between the US and China were front and centre as New York markets opened during the afternoon, given lawmakers there are yet to reach agreement on a fresh round of coronavirus stimulus.

YESTERDAY ACTIVITY

For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 6,026.94 with a loss of –1.27% percent or –77.78  point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 4,885.13 with a loss of –0.98% percent or –48.21  point.Germany’s DAX closed at 12,591.68 with a loss of -0.54% percent or –68.57  point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 27,386.98 up with +0.68% percent or +185.46 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,349.16 up with +0.64% percent or +21.39 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 11,108.07 up with +1.00% percent or +109.67 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 22,329.94 with a loss of –0.39% percent or –88.21 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 24,498.49 with a loss of –1.73% percent or –432.09 point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,357.69 with a loss of –0.85% percent or ?28.78 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 37,985.50 with a loss of –0.11% percent or 39.95  point at 12:15 PM.