FTSE Futures Update : 26 August 2021
The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 7,109.00 with a loss of -0.25% percent or -18.00 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 6,671.50 up with +0.16% percent or +10.50 point. The DAX Futures is trading at 15,804.00 with a loss of -0.23% or -36.50 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 4,168.00 with a loss of 0.22% percent or -9.00 point.
TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS
London stocks managed a positive finish on Wednesday, with all eyes on Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell’s speech at the Jackson Hole symposium.
The FTSE 100 ended the session up 0.34% at 7,150.12, and the FTSE 250 was ahead 0.42% at 23,986.37.
Sterling was in a mixed state, last trading 0.03% stronger on the dollar at $1.3733, while weakening 0.02% against the euro to €1.1676.
YESTERDAY ACTIVITY
For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 7,150.12 up with +percent or +24.34 point. France’s CAC 40 closed at 6,676.48 with + percent or +12.17 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 15,860.66 with a loss of –percent or – point.
WORLD MARKETS
For the day the Dow is trading at 35,405.50 up with +percent or +39.24 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 4,496.19 up with + percent or +9.96 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 15,041.86 up with +percent or +22.06 point.
In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 27,704.32 with a loss of – percent or 20.48 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 25,316.63 with a loss of – percent or ?368.46 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,522.77 with a loss of – percent or ?17.62 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 56,092.52 up with percent or +58.13 point at 12:15 PM.