The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 6,859.80 with +0.44% percent or +30.30 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 5,677.50 with +0.86% percent or +48.50 point. The DAX Futures is trading at 14,096.50 up with +0.80% or +112.40 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 3,644.00 up with +0.80% percent or +29.00 point.
TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS
London stocks managed to climb back into positive territory by the close on Thursday, after Joe Biden was confirmed by Congress as the 46th President of the US.
The FTSE 100 finished 0.22% higher at 6,856.96, and the FTSE 250 was 0.17% firmer at 21.009.86.
Sterling was in a mixed state, last trading 0.38% weaker against the dollar at $1.3556, but strengthening 0.07% on the euro to €1.1048.
YESTERDAY ACTIVITY
For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 6,856.96 up with +percent or +15.10 point. France’s CAC 40 closed at 5,669.85 up with + percent or +39.25 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 13,968.24 with +percent or +76.27 point.
WORLD MARKETS
For the day the Dow is trading at 31,041.13 up with percent or +211.73 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,803.79 up with + percent or +55.65 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 13,067.48 up with + percent or +326.69 point.
In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 28,128.44 up with +percent or +638.31 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 27,833.91 up with +percent or +285.39 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,554.36 with a loss of – percent or ?21.85 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 48,555.39 up with +percent or +462.07 point at 12:15 PM.