The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 6,738.20 up with +0.35% percent or +23.20 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 5,997.00 up with +1.25% percent or +74.00 point. The DAX Futures is trading at 14,573.50 with  a loss of -0.05% or -6.70 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 3,826.00 up with +0.21% percent or +8.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

London stocks closed in a mixed state on Wednesday amid worries about inflation, with miners under the cosh.

The FTSE 100 ended the session down 0.07% at 6,725.60, while the FTSE 250 rose 0.11% to 21,406.67.

Sterling had its head just above water, last gaining 0.01% on the dollar to trade at $1.3893, and strengthening 0.03% against the euro to €1.1676.

YESTERDAY ACTIVITY

For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 6,725.60  with a loss of –percent or –4.74 point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 5,990.55 up with +percent or +65.58 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 14,540.25 up with +percent or +102.31 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 32,297.02 up with +percent or +464.28 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,898.81 up with + percent or ++23.37 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 13,068.83  with a loss of percent or  ?4.99 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 29,211.64 up with +percent or +175.08 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 29,247.18 up with + percent or +339.66 point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,435.16 up with + percent or +77.43 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 51,279.51 up with percent or +254.03 point at 12:15 PM.