The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 7,458.80 up with +0.29% percent or +21.30 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 5,567.91  up with +0.52% percent or +28.95 point. The DAX Futures is trading at 12,537.50  up with +0.09% percent or +11.70 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 3,494.00 up with  +0.11% percent or +4.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

 London\’s top flight index extended its recent gains on Monday as the pound was hit by weak manufacturing data and sentiment was boosted by the Sino-US trade truce reached over the weekend.

The FTSE 100 was up 0.97% at 7,497.50, trading at its best level in two months, while the pound was down 0.37% against the US dollar at 1.2648 as it emerged that the UK manufacturing sector suffered its worst contraction in more than six years in June, but 0.23% higher versus the euro at 1.1192.

PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY

For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 7,497.50  up with +0.97% percent or +71.87 point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 5,567.91  up with +0.52% percent or +28.95 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 12,521.38 up with +0.99% percent or +122.58  point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 26,717.43 up with +0.44% percent or +117.47 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,964.33 up with +0.77% percent or +22.57 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 8,091.16  up with +1.06% percent or +84.92 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 21,754.27  up with +0.11% percent or +24.30 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 28,919.40  up with +1.32% percent or +376.78 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,045.47  up with +0.019% percent or +0.50 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 39,580.65 with a loss of -0.27% percent or -105.85 point at 12:15 PM.