The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 5,121.00 up with +4.36% percent or +214.00 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 3,914.31   with a loss of –3.32 percent or –134.48 point. The DAX Futures is trading at 9,094.20  up with +3.63% percent or +318.20 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 2,508.00 up with +4.41% percent or +106.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

London stocks tumbled lower on Monday afternoon after a lunchtime spike, amid growing concerns about the impact of the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, as investors waded through another deluge of related updates, with a deadlock in the US Senate over stimulus souring the mood further.

YESTERDAY ACTIVITY

For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 4,993.89  with a loss of  –3.79% percent or –196.89  point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 3,914.31  with a loss of –3.32% percent or –134.48 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 8,741.15 with a loss of -2.10% percent or –187.80  point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 18,591.93  with a loss of –3.04% percent or –582.05 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,237.40  with a loss of –2.93% percent or –67.52 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 6,860.67  with a loss of –0.27% percent or –18.84 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 18,092.35 up with +7.13% percent or +1,204.57  point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 22,639.55 up with +4.35% percent or +943.42    point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 2,722.44  up with +2.34% percent or +62.27 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at  26,746.26 up with +2.94% percent or +765.02  point at 12:15 PM.