The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 7,074.00 with +0.33% percent or +23.00 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 6,570.00 with +1.00% percent or +65.00 point. The DAX Futures is trading at 15,607.00 with a loss of -0.07% or -10.50 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 4,076.00 up with +0.28% percent or +12.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

London stocks closed in positive territory on Thursday, helped along by well-received updates from the likes of AB Foods and Aveva, as investors mulled the latest US jobless claims and UK manufacturing data.

YESTERDAY ACTIVITY

For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 7,125.16 up with percent or +87.69 point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 6,553.82 up with + percent or +45.99 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 15,603.81 up with + percent or +72.77 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 34,633.53 with +percent or +131.02 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 4,319.94 up with + percent or +22.44 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 14,522.38 up with + percent or +18.42 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 28,776.90 up with percent or +69.86 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 28,286.78 with a loss of – percent or –541.17 point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,525.99  with a loss of –percent or –62.79 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 52,286.07 with a loss of – percent or – point at 12:15 PM.