The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 7,102.00 with a loss of -0.73% percent or -52.50 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 6,611.00 up with +0.23% percent or +15.00 point. The DAX Futures is trading at 15,753.00 with +0.23% or +36.10 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 4,139.00 with +0.05% percent or +2.00 point.
TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS
London stocks managed to keep their heads above the waterline by the close on today, ahead of an announcement from Prime Minister Boris Johnson, in which he is expected to confirm widely-circulated reports that the next phase of lockdown easing in England will be delayed.
The FTSE 100 ended the session up 0.18% at 7,146.68, and the FTSE 250 was 0.05% firmer at 22,744.51.
YESTERDAY ACTIVITY
For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 7,146.68 up with +percent or +12.62 point. France’s CAC 40 closed at 6,616.35 with +percent or +15.69 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 15,673.64 with a loss of – percent or ?19.63 point.
WORLD MARKETS
For the day the Dow is trading at 34,393.75 with a loss of –percent or ?85.85 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 4,255.15 with + percent or +7.71 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 14,174.14 up with + percent or +104.72 point.
In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 29,467.39 up with + percent or +305.59 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 28,638.82 with a loss of – percent or ?203.31 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,565.43 with a loss of –percent or ?24.32 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 52,795.02 with percent or +243.49 point at 12:15 PM.