FTSE Futures Update : 20 July 2021
The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 6,775.20 up with +0.11% percent or +7.20 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 6,291.00 with a loss of -2.45% percent or -158.00 point. The DAX Futures is trading at 15,135.00 up with +0.17% or +25.00 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 3,926.00 up with +0.29% percent or +12.00 point.
TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS
The FTSE 100 and the FTSE 250 both closed down 2.34%, at 6,844.39 and 21,940.88, respectively.
Sterling was on the back foot as well, last trading 0.61% lower on the dollar at $1.3683, and weakening 0.55% against the euro to €1.1593.
“Today was supposed to be a landmark day where the UK economy finally shook off the handbrake of Covid-19 restrictions,” said CMC Markets chief market analyst Michael Hewson
YESTERDAY ACTIVITY
For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 6,844.39 with a loss of – percent or –163.70 point. France’s CAC 40 closed at 6,295.97 with a loss of – percent or –164.11 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 15,133.20 with a loss of – percent or –407.11 point.
WORLD MARKETS
For the day the Dow is trading at 33,962.04 with a loss of – percent or 725.81 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 4,258.49 with a loss of – percent or –68.67 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 14,274.98 with a loss of – percent or –152.25 point.
In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 27,387.48 with a loss of – percent or –265.26 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 27,169.52 with a loss of – percent or –320.66 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,521.60 with a loss of – percent or –17.53 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 52,073.70 with a loss of – percent or –479.70 point at 12:15 PM.