The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 6,885.80 with a loss of -0.26% percent or -18.20 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 6,185.50 up with +0.55% percent or +34.00 point. The DAX Futures is trading at 15,292.50 up with +0.18% or +27.50 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 3,958 with  a loss of  -0.23% percent or -8 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

Stocks in London finished above the waterline on Today, as investors digested the latest decision from the European Central Bank, which left the door open for a so-called “recalibration” to its Pandemic Emergency Purchase Programme (PEPP).

The FTSE 100 ended the session up 0.62% at 6,938.24, and the FTSE 250 was 1.26% firmer at 22,364.87.

Sterling was weaker, meanwhile, last falling 0.59% against the dollar to $1.3849, and losing 0.41% on the euro to €1.1527.

YESTERDAY ACTIVITY

For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 6,938.24 up with +percent or +42.95 point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 6,267.28 up with percent or +56.73 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 15,320.52 with  percent or +124.55 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 33,815.90  with a loss of –percent or –321.41 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 4,134.98  with a loss of – percent or ?38.44 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 13,818.41  with a loss of – percent or  ?131.81 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 28,975.21 with a loss of –percent or ?212.96 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 28,958.80 up with + percent or +203.46 point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,461.76 with a loss of – percent or –3.35 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 48,215.11 up with + percent or +134.44 point at 12:15 PM.