The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 6,722.50 up with +0.25% percent or +17.00 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 5,656.50 up with +0.12% percent or +6.50 point. The DAX Futures is trading at 13,984.00 up with +0.29% or +41.10 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 3,617.00 up with +0.31% percent or +11.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

London stocks had slipped into negative territory by the close on Wednesday, with investors sifting through a raft of corporate updates amid ongoing concerns about the Covid-19 crisis.

The FTSE 100 ended the session down 0.13% at 6,745.52, and the FTSE 250 was 0.47% weaker at 20,616.31.

Sterling was in a mixed state, last falling 0.33% against the dollar to trade at $1.3619, but advancing 0.18% on the euro to €1.1214.

YESTERDAY ACTIVITY

For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 6,745.52  with a loss of –percent or ?8.59 point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 5,662.67 up with + percent or  +11.70 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 13,939.71 with +percent or +14.65 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 31,060.47 with a loss of –percent or  ?8.22 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,809.84 up with + percent or +8.65 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 13,128.95 up with + percent or +56.52 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 28,698.26 up with +percent or +241.67 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 28,424.74 up with +percent or +189.14 point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,563.85 with a loss of – percent or ?34.80 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 49,550.11 up with +percent or  +57.97 point at 12:15 PM.