FTSE Futures Update : 29 Oct 2021
The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 7,198.80 up -0.27% percent or -19.70 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 6,798.50 with +0.74% percent or +50.00 point. The DAX Futures is trading at 15,607.50 with a loss of -0.42% or -65.50 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 4,203.00 with a loss of -0.45% percent or -19.00 point.
TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS
London stocks closed in a mixed state on Thursday, after a session that saw investors sifting through a slew of earnings, as well as the latest policy announcement from the European Central Bank and the third-quarter GDP reading out of the United States.
The FTSE 100 ended the session 0.05% lower at 7,249.47, while the FTSE 250 was 0.12% higher at 23,199.87.
Sterling was also going in different directions, last trading 0.4% stronger on the dollar at $1.38, while weakening 0.27% against the euro at €1.1812.
YESTERDAY ACTIVITY
For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 7,249.47 with a loss of –0.052% percent or –3.80 point. France’s CAC 40 closed at 6,804.22 up with +0.75% percent or +50.70 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 15,696.33 with a loss of –0.060% percent or 9.48 point.
WORLD MARKETS
For the day the Dow is trading at 35,730.48 up with +0.68%percent or +239.79 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 4,596.42 up with +0.98% percent or +44.74 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 15,448.12 up with +1.39% percent or +212.28 point.
In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 28,862.46 up with +0.15% percent or +42.37 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 25,409.29 with a loss of – 0.57% ercent or –146.44 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,539.50 up with +0.60% percent or +0.58 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 59,864.85 with a loss of –0.80% percent or –490.12 point at 12:15 PM.