The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 7,081.80 with +0.01% percent or +0.80 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 6,560.00 with +0.23% percent or +15.00 point. The DAX Futures is trading at 15,524.00 with a loss of -0.39%or -61.50 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 4,092.00 with a loss of –0.20% percent or -8.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

London stocks were set to edge up at the open on Thursday, taking their cue from a positive Asian session, as investors eye the latest US inflation data and a policy announcement from the European Central Bank.

The FTSE 100 was called to open 15 points higher at 7,096.

 

YESTERDAY ACTIVITY

For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 7,096.89 up  with +percent or +15.88 point. France’s CAC  40 closed at  up with  +percent or +15.88 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 15,640.60 with a loss of percent or ?33.94 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 34,447.14 with a loss of –percent or –152.68 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 4,219.55 with  a loss of – percent or 7.71 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 13,911.75 with a loss of percent or ?13.16 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at up + percent or –102.76 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 28,699.01 with a loss of – percent or –43.62 point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,610.86 with +percent or +19.46point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 52,262.42 up with percent or +320.78 point at 12:15 PM.