The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 7,357.50  with a loss of -1.00% percent or -74.50 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 5,534.20 up with +0.09% percent or +5.00 point. The DAX Futures is trading at 12,298.50  up with +0.46% percent or +55.80 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 3,454.00 up with +0.35% percent or +12.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

London stocks were set for a negative open on Monday amid lingering tensions between the US and Iran, as investors eyed this week’s G20 meeting.

The FTSE 100 was called to open 14 points lower at 7,393.

Ipek Ozkardeskaya, senior market analyst at London Capital Group, said: “The week begins with a limited risk appetite, as tensions between the US and Iran escalate. The US prepares to impose more tensions on Iran today.”

PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY

For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 7,417.27  up with +0.13% percent or +9.77 point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 5,543.86 up  with +0.28% percent or +15.53 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 12,326.49  with a loss of -12,326.49 percent or -13.49 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 26,719.13  with a loss of -0.13% percent or -34.04 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,950.46  with a loss of -0.13% percent or -3.72 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 8,031.71  with a loss of -0.24% percent or -19.63 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 21,285.99 up with +0.13% percent or +27.35 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 28,480.08  up with +0.020% percent or +5.62    point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,008.15 up with +0.21% percent or +6.17 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 39,167.90 with a loss of -0.075% percent or -29.59 point at 12:15 PM.