The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 6,975.20 up with +0.21% percent or +14.70 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 6,401.50  with a loss of  -1.92% percent or -125.50 point. The DAX Futures is trading at 15,444.50 up with +0.29% or +44.00 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 3,990.00 up with +0.26% percent or +10.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

London equity markets closed well into negative territory on Thursday, with cyclical stocks under pressure amid worries about the economic recovery, with investors digesting the latest weekly jobless claims numbers from across the pond

YESTERDAY ACTIVITY

For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 7,030.66 with a loss of –1.68% percent or –120.36 point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 6,396.73 with a loss of –2.01% percent or –130.99 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 15,420.64 with a loss of –1.73% percent or –272.07 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 34,421.93 with  a loss of –0.75% percent or ?259.86 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 4,320.82 with a loss of –0.86% percent or 37.31 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 14,559.78  with a loss of -0.72% percent or –105.28 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 27,882.31 with a loss of –0.84% percent or –235.72 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 27,418.19 up with +0.98% percent or +265.06 point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,520.46 with a loss of –0.14% percent or –5.04 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 52,348.89 with  a loss of –0.42% percent or –220.05 point at 12:15 PM.