The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 6,988.80 with +0.12% percent or +8.30 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 6,528.00 with a loss of  -0.56% percent or -36.50 point. The DAX Futures is trading at 15,582.50 up with +0.16% or +25.50 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 4,072.00 up with +0.41% percent or +16.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

London stocks closed in the red on Wednesday, after a session which saw investors poring over the latest UK GDP figures, as well as better-than-expected jobs data from across the pond.

The FTSE 100 ended the session down 0.71% at 7,037.47, and the FTSE 250 was 0.74% weaker at 22,376.02.

 

YESTERDAY ACTIVITY

For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 7,037.47 with a loss of  –percent or ?50.08 point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 6,507.83 with a loss of – percent or ?59.60 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 15,531.04  with a loss of – percent or –159.55 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 34,502.51 with +percent or +210.22 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 4,297.50 up with + percent or +5.70 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 14,503.95 with a loss of percent or –24.38 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 28,678.81 with a loss of – percent or ?112.72 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 28,827.95 with a loss of – percent or ?166.15 point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,600.53  with a loss of –percent or –9.34 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 52,366.04 with a loss of – percent or ?116.67 point at 12:15 PM.