FTSE Futures Morning Update as on 24 Nov. 2020

The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 6,359.50 up with +0.30% percent or +18.90 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 5,498.00 up with +0.11% percent or +5.90 point. The DAX Futures is trading at 13,181.00 with +0.75% or +98.20 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 3,488.00 up with +0.43% percent or +15.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

European shares pared early gains on Today even after positive news around AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine.

The drugmaker and Oxford University said their vaccine candidate was 70.4% effective on average, but ‘market chatter’ was that some had been hoping for a number closer to 80%.

One specific dose of the vaccine did appear to be as much as 90% effective but investors sold the news all the same, with depleted trading volumes ahead of the US Thanksgiving holiday possibly also playing a hand.

YESTERDAY ACTIVITY

For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 6,333.84  with a loss of – percent or ?17.61 point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 5,492.15 with a loss of – percent or ?3.74 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 13,126.97 with a loss of –percent or   ?10.28 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 29,591.27 up with +percent or  +327.79 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,577.59 up with + percent or  +20.05 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 11,880.63 up with + percent or +25.66 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 26,165.59 up with +percent or +638.22 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 26,507.65 up with +percent or+21.45 point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,403.16 with a loss of – percent or ?11.33 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 44,401.96 up with  +percent or  +324.81 point at 12:15 PM.