The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 6,666.20 up with +0.63% percent or +41.70 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 5,982.00 up with +0.74% percent or +44.00 point. The DAX Futures is trading at 14,721.00 up with +0.11%or +16.50 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 3,804.00  up with +0.90% percent or +34.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

London stocks finished below the waterline on Thursday, as investors eyed the EU vaccine summit, amid ongoing concerns about a third wave of Covid-19.

The FTSE 100 ended the session down 0.57% at 6,674.83, and the FTSE 250 was 0.58% weaker at 21,277.84.

Sterling was in the green, meanwhile, last rising 0.37% on the dollar to $1.3736, and strengthening 0.71% against the euro to trade at €1.1668.

YESTERDAY ACTIVITY

For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 6,674.83  with a loss of -0.57%percent or ?38.06 point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 5,952.41 up with +0.086%percent or ++5.12 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 14,621.36 up with +0.075% percent or +10.97 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 32,619.48 up with +0.62%percent or +199.42point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,909.52 up with +0.52% percent or +20.38 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 12,977.68 up with +0.12% percent or  +15.79 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 29,135.88 up with +1.41%percent or +406.00 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 28,397.45  up with 1.78% percent or +497.84 point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,421.21 up with +1.71% percent or +57.62 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 49,113.81 up with percent or +673.69 point at 12:15 PM.