The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 7,133.00  with +2.35% percent or +164.00 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 5,089.50 up with +1.99% percent or +99.50 point The DAX Futures is trading at 11,543.00  with +2.62% percent or +295.00 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 3,231.00  up with +2.15% percent or +68.00  point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

London stocks rallied in early trade on Monday, taking their cue from an upbeat Asian session as investors welcomed a temporary trade truce between the US and China.

At 0830 GMT, the FTSE 100 was up 1.9% to 7,114.43, with miners and energy shares pacing the advance, while the pound was up 0.5% against the dollar at 1.2810 as demand for riskier assets weighed on the greenback. Against the euro, sterling was flat at 1.1271.

PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY

For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 7,131.96 up with  +2.17% percent or +151.72  point. France’s CAC 40 closed at 5,099.72 up with +1.91% percent or +95.81 point. Germany’s DAX closed at 11,541.54  up with +2.53% percent or  +284.30 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 25,538.46  up with +0.79% percent or +199.62 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,760.17 up  with +0.82% percent or +22.41 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 7,330.54  up with +0.79% percent or +57.45 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 22,574.76 up with +1.00% percent or +223.70point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 27,182.04  up with +2.55% percent or +675.29 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,654.80 up with +2.57% percent or  +66.61 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 36,256.20 up with  +0.17% percent or +57.14 point at 12:15 PM.