The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 7,038.80 up with +0.23% percent or +16.30 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 6,501.00 with a loss of -0.97% percent or -64.00 point. The DAX Futures is trading at 15,512.50 up with +0.08% or +12.00 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 4,038.00 up with +0.14% percent or +6.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

London stocks closed in the red after falling further in afternoon trading on Today, as investors mulled over the latest reading on the UK construction sector and updates from grocers Ocado and Sainsbury’s.

The FTSE 100 ended the session down 0.89% at 7,100.88, and the FTSE 250 was 0.55% weaker at 22,895.36.

Sterling painted a mixed picture, last trading 0.34% weaker against the dollar at $1.3797, while it managed gains of 0.03% on the euro to change hands at €1.1674.

 

YESTERDAY ACTIVITY

For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 7,100.88 with a loss of percent or ?64.03 point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 6,507.48 with a loss of – percent or ?60.06 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 15,511.38 with a loss of – percent or –150.59 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 34,577.37 with a loss of –percent or –208.98 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 4,343.54 with a loss of – percent or ?8.80 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 14,663.64 up with + percent or +24.32 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 28,365.09 with a loss of – percent or –278.12 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 27,806.35 with a loss of – percent or –266.51 point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,554.44 up with +percent or + point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 52,944.00 up with + percent or point at 12:15 PM.