FTSE Futures Update : 17 Dec 2021
The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 7,180.00 with a loss of -0.38% percent or -27.50 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 6,968.80 up with +0.60% percent or +41.80 point. The DAX Futures is trading at 15,548.50 with a loss of -0.19% or -29.00 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 4,160.00 with a loss of -0.10% percent or -4.00 point.
TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS
London stocks closed in positive territory on Today, as the pound rallied against its major trading pairs, after the Bank of England surprised markets by hiking interest rates by 15 basis points.
The FTSE 100 ended the session up 1.25% at 7,260.61, and the FTSE 250 was ahead 0.95% at 22,647.96.
Sterling was also in the green, last trading up 0.44% on the dollar at $1.3321, and strengthening 0.3% against the euro to change hands at €1.1780.
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YESTERDAY ACTIVITY
For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 7,260.61 up with +1.25% percent or +89.86 point. France’s CAC 40 closed at 7,005.07 up with +1.12% percent or +77.44 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 15,636.40 up with +1.03% percent or +160.05 point.
WORLD MARKETS
For the day the Dow is trading at 35,897.64 with a loss of –0.083% percent or –29.79 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 4,668.67 with a loss of –0.87% percent or 41.18 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 15,180.44 with a loss of –2.47% percent or –385.15 point.
In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 28,596.19 with a loss of –1.62% percent or –470.13 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 23,167.80 with a loss of –1.31% ercent or –307.70 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,638.07 with a loss of –1.01% percent or –36.95 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 57,276.51 with a loss of –1.08% percent or –624.63 point at 12:15 PM.