The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 6,482.50 up with +0.45% percent or +29.30 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 5,663.50 up with +1.02% percent or +57.00 point. The DAX Futures is trading at 14,150.00 up with +0.67% or +94.50 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 3,675.00 up with +0.74% percent or +27.00 point.
TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS
The FTSE 100 ended the session down 0.22% at 6,489.33, while the FTSE 250 was 1.24% firmer at 21,066.87.
Sterling painted a mixed picture, last trading 0.42% stronger on the dollar at $1.3730, but falling 0.21% against the euro to €1.1404.
Nonfarm payrolls stateside increased by 0.4%, or 49,000, month-on-month in January, following a downwardly revised 227,000 print for December.
The country’s unemployment rate, meanwhile, fell to 6.3%, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
YESTERDAY ACTIVITY
For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 6,489.33 with a loss of –percent or –14.39 point. France’s CAC 40 closed at 5,659.26 up with +percent or +50.72 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 14,056.72 with a loss of – percent or ?3.57 point.
WORLD MARKETS
For the day the Dow is trading at 31,148.24 up with +percent or +92.38 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,886.83up with + percent or +15.09 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 13,856.30 up with + percent or +78.55 point.
In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 29,369.44 up with +percent or +590.25 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 29,380.23 with + percent or +91.55 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,531.39 with + percent or +35.06 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 51,364.08 up with +percent or +632.45 point at 12:15 PM.