The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 6,848.20 with 0.00% percent or -0.30 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 6,144.00 with a loss of -0.28% percent or -17.50 point. The DAX Futures is trading at 15,293.00 up with +0.14% or +20.90 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 3,926.00 up with  +0.23% percent or +9.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

London stocks managed a positive finish on Tuesday, as investors mulled a slightly weaker-than-expected UK GDP reading and pored through the latest inflation data out of the United States.

The FTSE 100 ended the session up 0.02% at 6,890.49, and the FTSE 250 was 0.52% firmer at 22,268.46.

Sterling was mixed, last trading 0.01% stronger against the dollar at $1.3742, but weakening 0.25% on the euro to €1.1508.

YESTERDAY ACTIVITY

For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 6,890.49 up with +percent or +1.37 point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 6,184.10  up with +percent or +22.42 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 15,234.36 with  percent or +19.36 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 33,677.27 with a loss of –percent or –68.13 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 4,141.59 up with + percent or +13.60 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 13,996.10 up with percent or  +146.10 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 29,620.99 with a loss of – percent or ?130.62 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 28,856.08 up with + percent or +358.83 point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,416.01 with percent or + point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 48,544.06 up with + percent or +660.68 point at 12:15 PM.