The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 6,920.00 with +0.37% percent or +25.50 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 6,131.00 with a loss of -0.87% percent or -54.00 point. The DAX Futures is trading at 15,236.50 up with +0.23% or +35.50 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 3,931.00 up with  +0.08% percent or +3.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

London stocks were set for a muted open on Thursday following a tech selloff on Wall Street.

The FTSE 100 was called to open just three points higher at 6,942.

CMC Markets analyst Michael Hewson said: “US markets saw another mixed close yesterday, only this time it was the S&P500 and Nasdaq that finished the day lower, while the Dow and Russell 2000 finished higher on the day. Despite the mixed close the S&P500 and Dow still managed to post new record highs.

YESTERDAY ACTIVITY

For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 6,939.58 up with +percent or +49.09 point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 6,208.58  up with +percent or +24.48 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 15,209.15 with a loss of  – percent or –25.21 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 33,730.89 up with +percent or +53.62 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 4,124.66  with a loss of  – percent or ?16.93 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 13,857.84 with a loss of – percent or  -138.26 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 29,642.69 up with +percent or +21.70 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 28,781.65 with a loss of – percent or –121.91 point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,398.99 with a loss of – percent or point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 48,295.32  with a loss of – percent or ?248.74 point at 12:15 PM.