The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 6,843.80 with +0.50% percent or +34.30 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 5,623.20 with +1.09% percent or +60.70 point. The DAX Futures is trading at 13,921.50 up with +0.33%or +46.20 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 3,612.00 with +0.17% percent or +6.00 point.
TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS
London stocks closed well into positive territory on Today, as investors bet that a Democrat-controlled Senate in the US would lead to further stimulus, while oil plays surged.
The FTSE 100 ended the session up 3.47% at 6,841.86, and the FTSE 250 was 1.23% firmer at 20,973.16.
Sterling was weaker against its major trading pairs, last falling 0.25% on the dollar to $1.3593, and sliding 0.19% against the euro to €1.1060.
YESTERDAY ACTIVITY
For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 6,841.86 up with +percent or +229.61 point. France’s CAC 40 closed at 5,630.60 up with + percent or +66.00 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 13,891.97 with percent or +240.75 point.
WORLD MARKETS
For the day the Dow is trading at 30,829.40 up with percent or +437.80 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,748.14 up with + percent or +21.28 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 12,740.79 with a loss of – percent or -78.17 point.
In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 27,490.13 up with percent or +434.19 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 27,552.16 with a loss of –percent or –140.14 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,558.87 up with + percent or +8.16 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 48,299.42 up with +percent or +125.36 point at 12:15 PM.