FTSE Futures Update : 22 Nov 2021
The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 7,228.00 with +0.29% percent or +21.20 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 7,095.00 with a loss of -0.64% percent or -15.50 point. The DAX Futures is trading at 16,185.00 up with +0.29% or +46.00 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 4,360 up with +0.35% percent or +15 point.
TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS
The pan-European Stoxx 600 closed down by 0.3%, having started the day on a positive note. Europe’s banking index was among the worst performers, plunging 2.3% following comments from European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde.
The rapid spread of Covid in Europe is once again front and center, with multiple countries experiencing record daily caseloads, imposing partial lockdowns and tightening rules on the unvaccinated.
YESTERDAY ACTIVITY
For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 7,223.57 with a loss of –0.45% percent or –32.39 point. France’s CAC 40 closed at 7,112.29 with a loss of –0.42% percent or –29.69 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 16,159.97 with a loss of –0.38% percent or –61.76 point.
WORLD MARKETS
For the day the Dow is trading at 35,601.98 with a loss of –0.75%percent or –268.97 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 4,697.96 with a loss of –0.14% percent or 6.58 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 16,057.44 up with +0.40% percent or +63.73 point.
In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 29,767.95 up with +0.074% percent or +22.08 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 24,919.64 with a loss of –0.52% ercent or –130.33 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,580.71 with 0.57% percent or +20.34 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 58,955.88 with a loss of –1.14% percent or –680.13 point at 12:15 PM.