FTSE Futures Update : 20 August 2021

The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 7,043.50 up with +0.16% percent or +11.50 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 6,622.00 with a loss of -2.19% percent or -148.50 point. The DAX Futures is trading at 15,734.00 with a loss of -0.41% or -64.00 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 4,118.00 with a loss of -0.04% percent or -2.00 point.

 

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

London stocks closed well below the waterline on Today, having spent the session in the red after minutes from the latest US Federal Reserve meeting signalled that tapering was on the cards this year.

 

YESTERDAY ACTIVITY

For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 7,058.86  with a loss of –percent or ?110.46 point. France’s CAC 40 closed at 6,605.89 with a loss of – percent or ?164.22 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 15,765.81 with a loss of –percent or –200.16 point.

 

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 34,894.12 with a loss of – percent or ?66.57 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 4,405.80 up with + percent or +5.53 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 14,541.79 up with +percent or +15.87 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 27,013.25 with a loss of – percent or –267.92 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 24,898.44 with a loss of – percent or –417.89 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 24,899.46 with a loss of – percent or –416.87 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 55,399.84  with a loss of – percent or 229.65 point at 12:15 PM.