FTSE Futures Update : 12 August 2021
The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 7,158.80 up with +0.08% percent or +5.80 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 6,869.00 up with +0.73% percent or +49.50 point. The DAX Futures is trading at 15,822.50 with a loss of -0.12% or -18.40 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 4,198.00 with a loss of -0.06% percent or -2.00 point.
TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS
London stocks held onto their gains on Wednesday, underpinned by deal news, as investors digested the latest US inflation reading.
The FTSE 100 ended the session up 0.83% at 7,220.14, and the FTSE 250 was 0.78% firmer at 23,756.83.
Sterling was stronger on the dollar, last trading up 0.16% at $1.3865, but it stood still against the euro at €1.1812.
YESTERDAY ACTIVITY
For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 7,220.14 up with + percent or +59.10 point. France’s CAC 40 closed at 6,857.99 with percent or +37.78 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 15,826.09 up with +percent or ++55.38 point.
WORLD MARKETS
For the day the Dow is trading at 35,484.97 up with + percent or +220.30 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 4,447.70 up with + percent or +10.95 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 14,765.14 with a loss of percent or –22.95 point.
In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 28,011.09 with a loss of – percent or ?59.42 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 26,531.94 with a loss of – percent or ?128.22 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,528.93 with a loss of – percent or ?3.69 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 54,664.81 up with + percent or +138.88 point at 12:15 PM.