The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 5,017.20 up with +0.64% percent or +31.70 point.The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 7,072.20 up with +0.73% percent or +51.20 point. The DAX Futures is trading at 11,396.50  up with +0.86% percent or +97.50 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 3,163.00 up  with 0.00% percent or 0.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

Asian stocks clawed up from 20-month lows on Wednesday amid pledges by China to support its markets, but investor confidence was brittle after equity markets bled trillions of dollars in a grim October.

Graphic: MSCI World and Asia Indices – https://tmsnrt.rs/2P1xKze

A confluence of factors ranging from Sino-U.S. trade tensions to worries about global economic growth, higher U.S. interest rates and company earnings have spurred volatility in financial markets in the past few weeks.

PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY

For the day France’s CAC 40 closed at 4,978.53 with a loss of -0.22% percent or  -10.82 point.the FTSE 100 closed at 7,035.85 up with +0.14% percent or +9.53 point.  Germany’s DAX closed at 11,287.39  up with +0.42% percent or  +48.09 point.
 

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 24,874.64  up with +1.77% percent or  +431.72 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,682.63 up with +1.57% percent or +41.38 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 7,161.65 up with +1.58% percent or +111.36 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 21,920.46 up with +2.16% percent or +463.17 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 24,853.95  up with +1.09% percent or +268.42 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,602.78 up  with +1.35% percent or  +34.74 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 33,961.56 up with +0.21% percent or +70.43 point at 12:15 PM.