The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 6,725.20 with +0.14% percent or +9.70 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 5,782.20 up with +1.40% percent or +79.70 point. The DAX Futures is trading at 14,105.50 with a loss of -0.05% or -7.00 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 3,728.00 with a loss of -0.11% percent or -4.00 point.

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 6,756.11 up with +2.52% percent or +166.32 point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 5,786.25 up with +1.45% percent or  +82.58 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 14,109.48 up with +0.42% percent or +59.59 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 30,696.70 up with +2.04% percent or  +612.55 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 30,173.57 up with +1.39% percent or +420.87 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 52,218.93 up with +0.12% percent or +64.80 point at 12:15 PM.