The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 4,972.00  up with +0.79% percent or +39.00 point.The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 5,901.80 with +0.86% percent or +50.30  point.The DAX Futures is trading at 13,047.20 up with +0.33% or +43.20 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 3,290.00 up with +0.58% percent or +19.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

London stocks finished in negative territory on Today, bucking the broader trend in equity markets and dragged lower by a stronger pound, despite encouraging Chinese and UK manufacturing data.

The FTSE 100 ended the session down 1.7% at 5,862.05, and the FTSE 250 was off 1.03% at 17,604.60.

Sterling was rising against its major trading pairs, last advancing 0.3% on the dollar to $1.3410 and strengthening 0.21% against the euro to €1.1224.

YESTERDAY ACTIVITY

The worst performers of the session were Renault SA  which fell 4.47% or 1.06 points to trade at 22.77 at the close. Veolia Environnement VE SA  declined 3.04% or 0.61 points to end at 19.59 and WFD Unibail Rodamco NV  was down 2.89% or 1.13 points to 38.03.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 28,645.66 up with 0.76% percent or +215.61 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,526.65 up with +0.75% percent or +26.34  point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 11,939.67 up with +1.39% percent or  +164.21 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 23,247.15 up with +0.47% percent or +109.08 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 25,099.44 with a loss of –0.34% percent or –85.41 point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,405.39 with a loss of –0.15% percent or ?5.22  point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 38,832.17 with a loss of –0.18% percent or –68.63 point at 12:15 PM.