The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 6,485.50 up with +0.62% percent or +40.00 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 5,529.80 up with +1.38% percent or +75.30 point. The DAX Futures is trading at 13,599.00 up with +1.50% or +201.00 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 3,521.00 with a loss of -0.03% percent or -1.00 point.
TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS
European shares closed higher on unconfirmed reports that a Brexit deal could be imminent with a deadline only days away, France lifting its snap blockade of the UK also cheered investors.
The pan-European Stoxx 600 was up 1.08%. The pound soared on the Brexit news, which in turn held back the UK’s FTSE 100 relative to its regional peers as a majority of its constituents are predominantly exporters who benefit from a weak sterling.
YESTERDAY ACTIVITY
For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 6,495.75 up with +percent or +42.59 point. France’s CAC 40 closed at 5,527.59 up with + percent or +60.73 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 13,587.23 up with +percent or +169.12 point.
WORLD MARKETS
For the day the Dow is trading at 30,129.831 up with +percent or +114.32 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,690.01 with + percent or +2.75 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 12,771.11 with a loss of – percent or ?36.80 point.
In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 26,668.35 up with +percent or +143.56 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 26,386.56 up with +percent or +43.46 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,363.83 with a loss of – percent or –18.49 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 46,653.55 up with +percent or +209.37 point at 12:15 PM.