The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 6,387.50 up with +0.23% percent or +14.50 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 5,565.50 up with +0.29% percent or +16.00 point. The DAX Futures is trading at 13,304.20 with +0.08% or +10.00 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 3,518.00 up with +0.17% percent or +6.00 point.
TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS
London stocks closed in the red on Wednesday, with banking shares under particular pressure, as investors digested Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s spending review.
The FTSE 100 was down 0.64% at 6,319.09, and the FTSE 250 was 1.11% weaker at 19,569.39.
Sterling was in a stronger position, last rising 0.18% on the dollar to $1.3381, and remaining flat against the euro at €1.1235.
YESTERDAY ACTIVITY
For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 6,391.09 with a loss of –percent or ?41.08 point. France’s CAC 40 closed at 5,571.29 up with + percent or +12.87 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 13,289.80 with a loss of –percent or ?2.64 point.
WORLD MARKETS
For the day the Dow is trading at 29,872.47 with a loss of –percent or 173.77 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,629.65 with a loss of – percent or ?5.76 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 12,094.40 up with + percent or +57.62 point.
In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 26,537.31 up with +percent or +240.45 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 26,737.94 up with +percent or +68.19 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,368.33 up with + percent or +6.00 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 43,626.09 with a loss of percent or ?207.06 point at 12:15 PM.