FTSE Futures Update : 19 July 2021

The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 6,879.50 with a loss of -0.53% percent or -37.00 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 6,435.50 with a loss of -0.89% percent or -57.50 point. The DAX Futures is trading at 15,416.50 with a loss of -0.45% or -69.50 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 3,993.00 with a loss of -0.71% percent or -28.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

European stocks finished the week on a down note even as travel stocks rallied, as rising numbers of Covid-19 cases across the Continent continued to sap investors’ confidence.

“We should not get ahead of ourselves however; the selloff on Wall Street is relatively contained, but the weakness in Europe tells a different story, and it is the growing crisis in infections that has hurt risk appetite there and will continue to hobble things for the time being, especially with an ECB meeting on the calendar next week that might potentially signal a modestly hawkish shift,” said IG chief market analyst Chris Beauchamp.

YESTERDAY ACTIVITY

For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 7,008.09 with a loss of -0.056% percent or -3.93 point. France’s CAC 40 closed at 6,460.08 with a loss of -0.51% percent or -33.28 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 15,540.31 with a loss of -0.57% percent or -89.35 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 34,687.85 with a loss of -0.86% percent or 299.17 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 4,327.16 with a loss of -0.75% percent or -32.87 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 14,427.24 with a loss of -0.80% percent or -115.90 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 27,674.98 with a loss of -1.17% percent or -328.10 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 27,473.63 with a loss of -1.90% percent or -531.05 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,535.40 with a loss of -0.11% percent or -3.91 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 52,765.37 with a loss of -0.71% percent or -374.69 point at 12:15 PM.