FTSE Futures Update : 27 August 2021
The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 7,114.50 up with +0.05% percent or +3.50 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 6,648.50 with a loss of -0.38% percent or -25.50 point. The DAX Futures is trading at 15,780.00 with +0.07% or +11.40 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 4,167.00 with a loss of -0.02% percent or -1.00 point.
TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS
US initial jobless claims pushed up by 4,000 to 353,000 from the previous week’s level, which was revised up by 1,000. Meanwhile, the four-week moving average fell by 11,500 from the previous week’s level, which was revised up by 250, and continuing jobless claims declined by 3,000 from the previous week to 2.86m.
Elsewhere, the Commerce Department showed that US GDP rose at an annualised pace of 6.6% in the second quarter, coming in ahead of an initial estimate of 6.5% but a touch below analysts’ expectations for 6.7% growth. This follows 6.3% growth in the previous quarter.
YESTERDAY ACTIVITY
For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 7,124.98 with a loss of –percent or ?25.14 point. France’s CAC 40 closed at 6,666.03 with a loss of – percent or ?10.45 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 15,793.62 with a loss of –percent or –67.04 point.
WORLD MARKETS
For the day the Dow is trading at 35,213.12 with a loss of –percent or ?192.38 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 4,470.00 with a loss of – percent or ?26.19 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 14,945.81 with a loss of –percent or –96.05 point.
In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 27,641.14 with a loss of – percent or –101.15 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 25,392.76 with a loss of – percent or –22.93 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,514.65 up with + percent or +12.98 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 56,070.99 up with percent or +121.89 point at 12:15 PM.