The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 6,585.20 with +0.42% percent or +27.40 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 5,698.00 up with +0.00% percent or +0.00 point. The DAX Futures is trading at 14,134.50 with +0.51% or +71.50 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 3,708.00 up with +0.32% percent or +12.00point.
TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS
The FTSE 100 ended the session up 0.94% at 6,589.79, and the FTSE 250 was ahead 0.09% at 21,037.47.
Sterling was stronger against its major trading pairs too, last 0.3% higher on the dollar at $1.3858, and gaining 0.32% against the euro to €1.1427.
“Even though things finished on a relatively positive note last year, the Bank of England has already warned the economy could contract by approximately 4% in the first quarter of 2021,” said CMC Markets analyst David Madden.
YESTERDAY ACTIVITY
For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 6,589.79 up with +0.94%percent or +61.07 point. France’s CAC 40 closed at 5,703.67 up with -0.60%percent or +33.85 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 14,049.89 up with +0.064% percent or +8.98 point.
WORLD MARKETS
For the day the Dow is trading at 31,458.40 up with +0.088%percent or +27.70 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,934.83 up with +0.47% percent or +18.45 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 14,095.47 up with +0.50% percent or +69.70 point.
In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 30,062.03 with 1.84%percent or +541.96 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 30,173.57 up with +0.45% percent or +134.85 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,655.09 with +1.43% percent or +51.60 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 52,112.16 up with +percent or +567.86 point at 12:15 PM.