The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 6,529.80 up with +1.12% percent or +72.30 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 5,572.00 up with +1.07% percent or +59.00 point. The DAX Futures is trading at 13,871.50 up with +0.71% or +98.00 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 3,578.00 with +0.42% percent or +15.00 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 5,588.38 up with + percent or +66.37 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 13,790.29 up with +percent or +203.06 point.
WORLD MARKETS
For the day the Dow is trading at 30,403.97 up with +percent or +204.10 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,735.36 with + percent or +32.30 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 12,899.42 up with + percent or +94.69 point.
In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 27,568.15 up with +percent or +714.12 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 26,543.26 up with +percent or +228.63 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,379.04 with a loss of – percent or –18.25 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 47,485.94 up with +percent or +132.19 point at 12:15 PM.