The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 6,457.50 up with +0.19% percent or +12.00 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 5,517.00 up with +0.01% percent or +0.50 point. The DAX Futures is trading at 13,649.00 up with +0.37% or +50.00 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 3,538.00 with +0.48% percent or +17.00 point.
TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS
London stocks ended a shortened session just in the black on Thursday, as sterling rallied on expectations that a Brexit deal will be announced later in the day, on what felt like an otherwise sparkle-free, mostly Tier 4 Christmas Eve.
The FTSE 100 closed up just 0.1% at 6,501.72. Meanwhile, the pound was 0.7% higher against the dollar at 1.3586 and 0.6% firmer versus the euro at 1.1138 as investors awaited an announcement on a Brexit trade deal.
YESTERDAY ACTIVITY
For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 6,502.11 up with +percent or +6.36 point. France’s CAC 40 closed at 5,522.01 with a loss of – percent or –5.58 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 30,199.87 up with +percent or +70.04 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,703.06 with + percent or +13.05 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 12,804.73 up with + percent or +33.62 point.
In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 26,854.03 up with +percent or +197.42 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 26,303.05 with a loss of –percent or -83.51 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,390.41 with a loss of – percent or?6.15 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 47,239.15 up with +percent or +265.61 point at 12:15 PM.