FTSE Futures Update : 04 Feb. 2022

The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 7,521.00 up with +0.68% percent or +50.50 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 6,973.50 with a loss of -1.95% percent or -139.00 point. The DAX Futures is trading at 15,442.00 with +0.08% or +12.90 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 4,158.00 up with +0.85% percent or +35.00 point.

 

 

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

One of the great mysteries that has emerged from the Covid-19 pandemic — and one that’s still being investigated by infectious disease specialists — is why some people catch Covid and others don’t, even when they’re equally exposed to the virus.

Many of us know entire households who caught Covid and had to isolate over the pandemic, but there are also multiple anecdotes of couples, families and colleagues where some people caught the virus

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YESTERDAY ACTIVITY

For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 7,528.84 with a loss of -0.71% percent or ?54.16 point. France’s CAC 40 closed at 7,005.63 with a loss of -1.54% percent or ?109.64 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 15,368.47 with a loss of -1.57% percent or ?245.30 point.

 

 

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 35,111.16  with a loss of –1.45%percent or ?518.17  point. The S&P 500 is trading at 4,477.44 with a loss of –2.44% percent or ?111.94 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 13,878.82 with a loss of –3.74% percent or ?538.73    point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 27,439.99 up with +0.73% percent or +0.73%  point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 24,574.92 up with +3.25% ercent or +772.66 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,361.44 with a loss of –0.97% percent or ?32.81    point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 58,493.54  with a loss of –0.50% percent or –294.48   point at 12:15 PM.