The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 6,069.80 up with +0.11% percent or +6.60  point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 4,953.20  with a loss of  -0.16% percent or -7.80 point. The DAX Futures is trading at 12,869.80 up with +0.22% or +28.70 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 3,298.00 up with +0.18% percent or +6.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

Data released earlier by China’s National Bureau of Statistics showed retail sales fell 1.1% on the year in July, which was an improvement on the 1.8% drop in June but missed expectations of a 0.1% increase. This marked the seven month in a row that sales have fallen.

Meanwhile, industrial output rose 4.8% on the year in July, matching June’s expansion rate and coming in below expectations of a 5.1% jump.

YESTERDAY ACTIVITY

For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 6,090.04  with a loss of –1.55% percent or –95.58 point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 4,962.93 with a loss of –1.58% percent or –79.45  point.Germany’s DAX closed at 12,901.34 with a loss of -0.71% percent or –92.37 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 27,931.02 up with +0.12% percent or +34.30 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,372.85 with a loss of –0.017% percent or -0.58 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 11,019.30 with a loss of -0.21% percent or -23.20 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 23,096.75 with a loss of –0.83% percent or –192.61 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 25,432.53 up with +0.99% percent or +249.52 point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,435.07 up with +2.23% percent or +74.97 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 37,948.08 up with +0.19% percent or +70.74  point at 12:15 PM.