The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 6,592.80 with a loss of -0.17% percent or -11.20 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 5,539.00 with a loss of -0.08% percent or -4.50 point. The DAX Futures is trading at 13,269.80 with  a loss of -0.11% or -14.40 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 3,513.00 with a loss of -0.28% percent or -10.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

London stocks were mixed at the close on Thursday, as sterling slid amid stalled Brexit talks, with the deadline now extended to Sunday.

The FTSE 100 ended the session up 0.54% at 6,599.76, while the FTSE 250 was 0.64% weaker at 19,756.10.

Sterling was 0.72% weaker against the dollar at $1.3302, and lost 1.11% on the euro to €1.0970.

YESTERDAY ACTIVITY

For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 6,599.76 up with +percent or  +35.47 point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 5,549.65 with percent or +2.83 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 13,295.73 with a loss of –percent or  ?44.53 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 29,999.26 with a loss of –percent or –69.55 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,668.10 with a loss of – percent or –4.72 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 12,405.81  up with + percent or  +66.86 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 26,652.52 with a loss of –percent or  -103.72 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 26,501.14 up with +percent or +90.55 point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,346.57 with a loss of – percent or ?26.71 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 46,214.64 up with +percent or  +254.76 point at 12:15 PM.