The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 6,996.50 up with +0.97% percent or +67.50 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 6,245.80 with a loss of  -1.68% percent or -106.70 point. The DAX Futures is trading at 15,209.50 up with +0.37% or +55.90 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 3,954.00 with +0.61% percent or +24.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

London stocks closed below the waterline on Today, amid worries about rising inflation after the release of the latest UK reading.

The FTSE 100 ended the session down 1.19% at 6,950.20, and the FTSE 250 was 0.44% weaker at 22,234.53.

Sterling was in the red as well, last trading 0.15% weaker against the dollar at $1.416, and losing 0.1% on the euro to €1.1596.

 

YESTERDAY ACTIVITY

For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 6,950.20  a loss of with –percent or ?84.04 point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 6,262.55 with a loss of –percent or –91.12 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 15,113.56 with a loss of – percent or 273.02 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 33,896.04 with a loss of –percent or –164.62 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 4,115.68 with a loss of – percent or ?12.15 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 13,299.74 with a loss of percent or ?3.90 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 28,166.55 up with  + percent or +122.10 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 28,431.58 with a loss of – percent or –162.23 point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,506.12 with a loss of – percent or –4.85 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 49,846.95 with a loss of –percent or -55.69 point at 12:15 PM.