The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 5,873.00 up with +0.54% percent or +31.50 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 4,842.00 up with +0.85% percent or +41.00 point. The DAX Futures is trading at 12,827.30 up with +1.05% or +133.10 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 3,212.00 up with +0.56% percent or +18.00 point.
TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS
Stocks in London closed on a mixed note on Wednesday, after what Neil Wilson at Markets.com termed an “unedifying” televised debate between White House hopefuls Donald Trump and Joe Biden overnight.
The FTSE 100 ended the session down 0.53% at 5,866.10, while the FTSE 250 rose 0.82% to settle at 17,315.30.
Sterling was stronger against its major trading pairs, last rising 0.27% on the dollar to $1.2898, and advancing 0.52% against the euro to €1.1010.
YESTERDAY ACTIVITY
For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 5,866.10 with a loss of – percent or –31.40 point. France’s CAC 40 closed at 4,803.44 with a loss of – percent or –28.63 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 12,760.73 with a loss of –percent or –65.09 point.
WORLD MARKETS
For the day the Dow is trading at 27,781.70 up with +percent or +329.04 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,363.00 up with percent or +27.53 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 11,167.51 up with percent or +82.26 point.
In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 23,184.93 with a loss of – percent or –0.19 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 23,459.05 up with +percent or +183.52 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,218.05 with a loss of – percent or –6.31 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 38,664.44 up with + percent or +596.51 point at 12:15 PM.