The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 6,725.50 up with +0.19% percent or +13.00 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 5,640.80 up with percent or +47.80 point. The DAX Futures is trading at 13,959.00 with +0.19% or +26.00 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 3,624.00 up with +0.11% percent or +4.00 point.
TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS
London stocks closed in the green on Thursday as sterling gained, with investors tuning in to Joe Biden’s inauguration as the new US president, and mulling the latest UK inflation data.
The FTSE 100 ended the session up 0.41% at 6.740.39, and the FTSE 250 was 1.35% firmer at 20,881.46.
Sterling was last 0.21% stronger on the dollar at $1.3658, as it gained 0.34% against the euro to €1.1276.
YESTERDAY ACTIVITY
For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 6,740.39 up with +percent or +27.44 point. France’s CAC 40 closed at 5,628.44 up with +percent or +29.83 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 13,921.37 up with +percent or +106.31 point.
WORLD MARKETS
For the day the Dow is trading at 31,188.38 up with +percent or +257.86 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,851.85 up with + percent or +52.94 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 13,457.25 up with percent or +260.07 point.
In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 28,756.86 up with +percent or +233.60 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 29,816.04 with a loss of –percent or ?146.43 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,619.07 up with + percent or +32.79 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 50,095.18 up with +percent or +303.06 point at 12:15 PM.