FTSE Futures Update : 08 August. 2022

The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 7,419.20 with +0.34% percent or +25.20 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 6,500.50 up with +0.09% percent or +6.00 point. The DAX Futures is trading at 13,634.5 up with +0.58% percent +78.5 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 3,742.00 up with +0.65% percent or +24.00 point.

 

 

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

For investors who had grown accustomed to market conditions where ‘bad news’ on the economy was ‘good news’ for stocks, Friday’s much stronger-than-expected reading on the US jobs proved a disappointment.

 

 

YESTERDAY ACTIVITY

For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 7,439.74  with a loss of –0.11% percent or ?8.32 point. France’s CAC 40 closed at 6,472.35 up with +0.027% percent or +62.26 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 13,673.69 up with +0.081% percent or +11.01   point.

 

 

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 32,803.47 up with +0.23% percent or +76.65 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 4,145.19  with a loss of –0.16% percent or ?6.75 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 12,657.56 with a loss of –0.50% percent or ?63.03 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 28,245.57 up with +0.25% percent or +75.67  point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 20,050.15 with a loss of –0.75% ercent or ?151.79   point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,233.07 up with +0.19% percent or +6.05  point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 58,528.81 up with +0.24% percent or +140.88  point at 12:15 PM.