The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 6,381.00 with +0.11% percent or +7.00 point.The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 7,024.50 up with +0.10% percent or +7.00 point.  The DAX Futures is trading at 15,445.00 with a loss of -0.06% or -8.50 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 4,030.00 up with +0.05% percent or +2.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

Stock prices in Europe flattened out Wednesday afternoon, with banks under pressure. Marks & Spencer shares rose after well-received results.

The Stoxx Europe 600 index XX:SXXP was flat, alongside the German DAX DX:DAX and the French CAC 40 FR:PX1, the FTSE 100 index UK:UKX fell 0.3%. The pound GBPUSD and euro EURUSD traded slightly lower against the U.S. dollar.

 

YESTERDAY ACTIVITY

For the day France’s CAC  40 closed at 6,391.60  up with +percent or +1.33 point.the FTSE 100 closed at 7,026.93 with a loss of –percent or ?2.86 point. Germany’s DAX closed at 15,450.72 with a loss of – percent or –14.37 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 34,323.05 with +percent or +10.59 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 4,195.99 up with + percent or +7.86 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 13,738.00 up  with + percent or +80.82 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 28,549.01 with a loss of – percent or ?93.18 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 29,081.93  with a loss of – percent or ?84.08 point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,605.35 up with + percent or +11.99 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 51,184.66 up with +percent or +167.14 point at 12:15 PM.