The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 5,881.50 up with +0.46% percent or +27.00 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 4,927.00 up with +0.15% percent or +7.50 point. The DAX Futures is trading at 12,363.50 up with +0.76% or +93.20point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 3,166.00 with +0.38% percent or +0.57% point.
TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS
London stocks finished higher with investors seemingly brushing off the as yet inconclusive US election results, although a ‘clean sweep’ of the White House and Congress by Democrats was now off the table.
The FTSE 100 rose 1.67% to 5,883.26 and by the end of the session, cyclical areas of the market, including Industrial Transportation and Software stocks had joined so-called defensive sectors like big pharma and health care equipment near the top of the sector leaderboard.
YESTERDAY ACTIVITY
For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 5,883.26 up with + percent or +96.49 point. France’s CAC 40 closed at 4,922.85 with + percent or +117.25 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 12,324.22 up with +percent or +235.24 point.
WORLD MARKETS
For the day the Dow is trading at 27,847.66 up with +percent or +367.63 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,443.44 up with + percent or +74.28 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 11,590.78 up with + percent or +430.21 point.
In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 24,105.28 up with +percent or +410.05 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 25,601.06 with +percent or +714.92 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,320.13 with + percent or +42.69 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 41,269.40 up with +percent or +653.26 point at 12:15 PM.