The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 7,079.50 with a loss of -0.03% percent or -2.00 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 6,547.00 with +0.63% percent or +41.00 point. The DAX Futures is trading at 15,668.00 with a loss of -0.23% or -35.50 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 4,096.00 with a loss of -0.07% percent or -3.00 point.
TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS
London equity markets managed to cling onto their gains by the close on Monday, with strength in the housebuilding sector helping to offset weak mining stocks after disappointing Chinese data.
The FTSE 100 ended the session up 0.12% at 7,077.22, and the FTSE 250 was 0.33% firmer at 22,908.06.
Sterling was in a mixed state, last trading 0.16% stronger on the dollar at $1.4179, while weakening 0.15% against the euro to €1.1625.
YESTERDAY ACTIVITY
For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 7,077.22 up with +percent or +8.18 point. France’s CAC 40 closed at 6,543.56 up with +percent or +27.90 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 15,677.15 with a loss of – percent or ?15.75 point.
WORLD MARKETS
For the day the Dow is trading at 34,630.24 with a loss of –percent or –126.15 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 4,226.52 with a loss of – percent or ?3.37 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 13,881.72 up with + percent or +67.23 point.
In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 28,954.54 with a loss of – percent or ?64.70 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 28,691.26 with a loss of – percent or –96.02 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,573.94 with a loss of –percent or 25.60 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 52,280.93 with a loss of –percent or ?47.58 point at 12:15 PM.