The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 6,682.80 up with +0.06% percent or +3.80 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 5,594.20 with a loss of percent or -86.80 point. The DAX Futures is trading at 13,749.00 with a loss of -0.06% or -8.00 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 3,578 up with +0.06% percent or +0.06% point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

European stocks slumped at the end of the week as investors ignored long-awaited US stimulus proposals from President-elect Joe Biden and focused on news a temporary slowdown of shipments of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine.

Early in the afternoon, Pfizer said that it will slow deliveries of its Covid-19 vaccine over the next three to four weeks in order to upgrade a key facility and boost production across the remainder of 2021.

YESTERDAY ACTIVITY

For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 6,735.71 with a loss of percent or ?66.25 point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 5,611.69  with a loss of –percent or  ?69.45 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 13,787.73 with a loss of –percent or ?200.97 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 30,814.26 with a loss of –percent or  ?177.26 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,768.25  with a loss of – percent or –27.29 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 12,998.50  with a loss of – percent or -114.14 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 28,256.50 with a loss of –percent or ?262.68 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 28,803.19 up with +percent or +229.33 point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,598.11 up with + percent or +31.73 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 48,656.23 with a loss of –percent or –378.44 point at 12:15 PM.