The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 6,671.80 up with +0.16% percent or +10.80 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 5,774.00  with a loss of -0.21% percent or –12.00 point. The DAX Futures is trading at 14,039.50 with a loss of -0.23% or -32.50 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 3,698.00 with +0.03% percent or +1.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

London stocks closed in the red on Red, as investors mulled an unexpected uptick in UK inflation.

The FTSE 100 ended the session down 0.56% at 6,710.90, and the FTSE 250 was 1.25% lower at 21,149.49.

Sterling was in a mixed state, last falling 0.4% against the dollar to trade at $1.3847, while gaining 0.14% on the euro to €1.1500

YESTERDAY ACTIVITY

For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 6,710.90 with a loss of –percent or  –37.96 point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 5,765.84 with a loss of –percent or  ?20.69 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 13,909.27 with a loss of – percent or –155.33 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 31,613.02 up with +percent or   +90.27 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,931.33 with a loss of – percent or 1.26 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 13,965.50 with a loss of – percent or  -82.00 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 30,220.93 with a loss of –percent or –71.26 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 30,661.45 with a loss of –percent or –423.49 point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,670.12 with + percent or +15.04 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 51,445.57 with a loss of -0.48% percent or –258.26 point at 12:15 PM.