The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 6,326.50 with +1.05% percent or +65.50 point.The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 7,018.20 up with +0.19% percent or +13.20 point. The DAX Futures is trading at 15,371.50 up with +0.14% or +22.00 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 3,998.00 with +0.33% percent or +13.00 point.
TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS
The major European indices closed sharply higher Thursday–with the DAX climbing 1.7%, the CAC 40 gaining 1.3% and the FTSE 100 1%–as investor appetite for riskier assets returned.
Credit Suisse (SIX:CSGN) upgraded its investment stance on continental European equities to ‘overweight’ on Thursday, citing a catch-up in economic recovery, valuations and excess liquidity
YESTERDAY ACTIVITY
For the day France’s CAC 40 closed at 6,343.58 up with +percent or +81.03 point. the FTSE 100 closed at 7,019.79 up with percent or +69.59 point. Germany’s DAX closed at 15,370.26 up with + percent or +256.70 point.
WORLD MARKETS
For the day the Dow is trading at 34,084.15 up with percent or +188.11 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 4,159.12 up with + percent or +43.44 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 13,535.74 up with + percent or +236.00 point.
In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 28,291.49 up with +percent or +193.24 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 28,435.27 with a loss of – percent or –15.02 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,491.96 with a loss of – percent or –14.99 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 50,289.90 up with +percent or +725.04 point at 12:15 PM.