The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 6,013.00 with a loss of -0.35% percent or -21.00 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 5,029.20 with a loss of -0.43% percent or -21.80 point. The DAX Futures is trading at 13,158.80 with a loss of -0.10% or -13.70 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 3,298.00 up with +0.09%percent or +3.00 point.
TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS
London stocks were set for a muted open on Tuesday as investors digest the latest UK jobs data.
The FTSE 100 was called to open just three points higher at 6,029.
Figures out earlier from the Office for National Statistics showed the biggest rise in redundancies since 2009 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The data showed that 156,000 people were made redundant in the May to July quarter, up 58,000 from the same period a year ago and 48,000 higher than between February and April.
YESTERDAY ACTIVITY
For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 6,003.32 up with + percent or +11.77 point. France’s CAC 40 closed at 5,046.85 with a loss of – percent or –5.03 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 13,156.79 with a loss of percent or –36.87 point.
WORLD MARKETS
For the day the Dow is trading at 27,993.33 with + percent or +327.69 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,383.54 up with percent or +42.57 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 11,056.65 up with + percent or +203.11 point.
In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 23,454.89 with a loss of – percent or –104.41 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 24,740.62 up with + percent or +100.34 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,295.68 up with + percent or +16.87 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 38,876.86 up with + percent or +120.23 point at 12:15 PM.