The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 6,023.00  up with +0.02% percent or +1.00 point. The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 7,608.00 up with +0.36% percent or +27.50 point. The DAX Futures is trading at 13,367.00 up with +0.55% percent or +73.30 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 3,778.00 up with +0.40% percent or +15.000 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

President Donald Trump said he and Chinese President Xi Jinping will have a ceremony to sign the initial phase of the pending trade pact, the latest remarks by the U.S. leader to indicate the deal is on the verge of being finalized. stocks ground out fresh record gains as did the Nasdaq after Wall Street opened with equities remaining on track to post their best year in a decade.

The pan-European STOXX 600 index .STOXX added 0.12% to touch an all-time high and the domestically focused mid-cap index .FTMC in Britain outshone, rising 0.6% to hit a new high.

France’s CAC 40 .FCHI and Spain’s IBEX 35 .IBEX both closed little changed, while German, Italian and Swiss country indexes were closed for the day.

YESTERDAY ACTIVITY

For the day France’s CAC  40 closed at 6,029.55 up with +0.0030% percent or +0.18  point.the FTSE 100 closed at 7,632.24  up with +0.11% percent or +8.66 point. Germany’s DAX closed at 13,300.98  with a loss of -0.13% percent or -17.92   point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 28,621.39  up with +0.37% percent or  +105.94 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,239.91 up with +0.51% percent or +16.53 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 9,022.39 up with +0.78% percent or +69.51  point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 23,837.72 with a loss of –0.36% percent or -87.20 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 28,182.42  up with +1.14% percent or +318.21 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,005.63  with a loss of –0.058% percent or –1.73   point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 41,444.58 up with +0.68% percent or +280.82 point at 12:15 PM.