FTSE Futures Update : 05 Jan. 2022

The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 7,414.20 with -0.30% percent or -22.30 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 7,314.20 up with +1.40% percent or +100.70 point. The DAX Futures is trading at 16,098.50 with a loss of -0.25% or -40.20 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 4,346.00 with a loss of -0.23% percent or -10.00 point.

 

 

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

Building a successful portfolio is as much about dodging the turkeys as it is about picking winners. Think about it: any stock that halves will have to double just to get back to where you started. And in a portfolio of say 25 equally sized holdings, a stock that halves wipes out 2pc of your pot, just like that.

 

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YESTERDAY ACTIVITY

For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 7,505.15 with 1.63% percent or +120.61 point. France’s CAC 40 closed at 7,317.41 up with 1.39% percent or +100.19  point.Germany’s DAX closed at 16,152.61  up with +0.82% percent or +131.88 point.

 

 

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 36,799.65  up with +0.59%percent or +214.59  point. The S&P 500 is trading at 4,793.54 with a loss of –0.063% percent or ?3.02  point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 15,622.72 with a loss of –1.33% percent or ?210.08  point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 29,300.84 with a loss of –0.0032% percent or ?0.95  point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 23,092.83 with a loss of –0.85% ercent or ?197.01 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,602.74 with a loss of –0.81% percent or ?29.59   point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 59,947.11 up with +0.15% percent or +91.18  point at 12:15 PM.