The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 6,285.80 up with +0.04% percent or +2.30 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 5,417.00 up with +1.53% percent or +81.50 point. The DAX Futures is trading at 13,167.50 with a loss of -0.03% or  -3.90 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 3,436.00 with a loss of -0.43% percent or -15.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

London stocks closed in positive territory again on Tuesday, as investors continued to cheer upbeat news on Pfizer and BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine.

The FTSE 100 ended the session up 1.79% at 6,296.85, and the FTSE 250 was ahead 0.94% at 19,028.34.

Sterling was also in the green, last rising 0.59% on the dollar to $1.3244 and advancing 0.59% against the euro to €1.1211.

YESTERDAY ACTIVITY

For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 6,296.85 up with + percent or +110.56 point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 5,418.97 with + percent or +82.65 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 13,163.11 up with +percent or +67.14 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 29,420.92 up with +percent or  +262.95 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,545.53 with a loss of – percent or  ?4.97 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 11,553.86 with a loss of percent or 159.93 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 25,349.60 up with +percent or +444.01 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 26,387.58 up with +percent or +86.10 point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,342.12 with a loss of – percent or –18.03 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 43,326.71 up with +percent or  +49.06 point at 12:15 PM.