The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 6,979.80 with +0.62% percent or +42.80 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 6,298.50 with +0.49% percent or +31.00 point. The DAX Futures is trading at 15,292.00 with +0.24% or +36.50 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 3,971.00 with +0.79% percent or +31.00 point.
TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS
London stocks closed below the waterline on Thursday, having clawed back some earlier losses, as worries about rising inflation rattled investors again.
The FTSE 100 ended the session down 0.59% at 6,963.33, and the FTSE 250 was off 0.17% at 22,069.31.
Sterling was weaker as well, last trading 0.12% lower against the dollar at $1.4037, and losing 0.2% on the euro to €1.1620.
YESTERDAY ACTIVITY
For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 7,004.63 up with +percent or +56.64 point. France’s CAC 40 closed at 6,279.35 up with +percent or +11.96 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 15,150.22 up with + percent or +30.47 point.
WORLD MARKETS
For the day the Dow is trading at 34,021.45 up with +percent or +433.79 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 4,112.50 up with + percent or +49.46 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 13,124.99 up with percent or +93.31 point.
In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 28,066.46 up with percent or +618.45 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 27,948.28 up with + percent or +229.61 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,475.19 up with + percent or +45.65 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 48,749.05 up with percent or +58.25 point at 12:15 PM.