FTSE Futures Update : 17 Jan. 2023

The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 7,849.50 with +0.02% percent or +1.50 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 7,039.00 with +0.21% percent or +14.50 point. The DAX Futures is trading at 15,166.0 with -0.24% percent -37.0 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 4,156.00 with a loss of -0.24% percent or -10.00 point.

 

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

European shares moved a tad higher on Monday albeit on thin trading volumes due to the Martin Luther King Jr Day holiday in the US.

The pan-regional Stoxx 600 index was up 0.46% at 454.63, with Spain’s Ibex 35 the only major bourse in the red, having drifted lower by 0.12% to 8,871.10.

Dutch TTF natural gas futures continued to slip, retreating by 9.91% to €54.9Mwh.

YESTERDAY ACTIVITY

For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 7,860.07 with 0.20% percent or +16.00 point. France’s CAC 40 closed at 7,043.31 with  0.28% percent or +19.81 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 15,134.04 up with 0.31% percent or +47.52 point.

 

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 34,302.61 up with +0.33% percent or +112.64  point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,999.09 with 0.40% percent or +15.92 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 11,079.16 up with +0.71% percent or +78.05  point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 26,152.64 with 1.28% percent or +330.32  point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 21,446.43 with a loss of –1.38% ercent or ?300.29 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,212.54 with a loss of –0.47% percent or ?15.06  point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 60,400.71 with 0.51% percent or +307.74 point at 12:15 PM.