The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 7,024.50 up with +0.10% percent or +7.00 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 6,381.00 with +0.11% percent or +7.00 point. The DAX Futures is trading at 15,445.00 with a loss of -0.06% or -8.50 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 4,030.00 up with +0.05% percent or +2.00 point.
TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS
European shares were little changed on Tuesday even as investors cheered a strong reading on the closely-followed gauge of business confidence in Germany.
“Overall, these numbers confirm what everyone by now has been expecting for the past month, namely that a strong recovery in economic activity is underway as vaccination holds the virus at bay, even as restrictions are eased,” said Claus Vistesen, chief economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics.
YESTERDAY ACTIVITY
For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 7,026.93 with a loss of –percent or ?2.86 point. France’s CAC 40 closed at 6,391.60 up with +percent or +1.33 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 15,450.72 with a loss of – percent or –14.37 point.
WORLD MARKETS
For the day the Dow is trading at 34,323.05 with +percent or +10.59 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 4,195.99 up with + percent or +7.86 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 13,738.00 up with + percent or +80.82 point.
In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 28,549.01 with a loss of – percent or ?93.18 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 29,081.93 with a loss of – percent or ?84.08 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,605.35 up with + percent or +11.99 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 51,184.66 up with +percent or +167.14 point at 12:15 PM.