The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 7,367.00 with a loss of -0.11% percent or -8.00 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 5,448.50  with a loss of -0.31% percent or -17.00 point. The DAX Futures is trading at  11,941.80 with a loss of -0.30% percent or -36.00 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 3,354.00 with a loss of -0.30% percent or -10.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

London stocks finished a touch higher on Monday in fairly quiet trade, as investors continued to keep an eye out for Brexit developments with the deadline for leaving the European Union just five days away.

Ahead of a key EU leaders’ summit on Wednesday, Prime Minister Theresa May was due to meet with the German Chancellor and French President the next day, to make her case for another short extension of Article 50 to 30 June. However, EU Council President Donald Tusk said last week that he would formally tell the EU to endorse a long extension until 31 March 2020, which could be terminated if the Withdrawal Agreement was accepted and ratified by the House of Commons.

PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 26,341.02  with a loss of -0.32% percent or -83.97 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,895.77 up with +0.10% percent or +3.03 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 7,953.88  up with +0.19% percent or +15.19 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 21,802.59  up with +0.19% percent or +40.94 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 30,120.55 up with +0.14% percent or +43.40   point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,234.35  with a loss of -0.32% percent or -10.46 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 38,622.23   with a loss of  -0.20% percent or -78.30 point at 12:15 PM.