The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 5,868.50 up with +0.20% percent or +11.50 point.The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 7,232.20  up with +0.15% percent or +10.50 point.  The DAX Futures is trading at 13,156.50 up with +0.06% percent or +8.20 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 3,690.00 up with +0.22% percent or +8.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

Futures prices pointed to better gains for the German DAX DAX, +1.25% and French CAC 40 PX1, +1.33% than the U.K. FTSE 100 UKX, +0.73%, as the surge in sterling weighs on British-headquartered multinationals. Futures pointed to a 0.3% gain for the FTSE 100 but a 1.3% jump for the German DAX and the 1.5% for the French CAC 40.

YESTERDAY ACTIVITY

For the day France’s CAC  40 closed at 5,860.88 up with +0.22% percent or +12.85 point.the FTSE 100 closed at 7,216.25  up with +0.035% percent or +2.49 point. Germany’s DAX closed at 13,146.74 up with +0.58% percent or +76.02 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 27,911.30 up with +0.11% percent or +29.58  point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,141.63 up with +0.29% percent or +9.11 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 8,654.05 up with +0.44% percent or +37.87 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 23,424.81 up with +0.14% percent or +32.95 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 26,991.23 up with +1.30% percent or +345.80 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,915.70 with a loss of –0.30% percent or –8.72 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 40,505.33 up with +0.23% percent or +92.76 point at 12:15 PM.