The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 5,680.00  with a loss of -1.11% percent or -63.50 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 4,543.58 up with +2.51% percent or +111.29 point. The DAX Futures is trading at 9,917.30  with a loss of -1.33% percent or -134.00 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 2,760.00  with a loss of -0.43% percent or -12.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

Stocks across the Continent added to the previous day’s gains after the head of the US central bank reassured investors that we “will not run out of ammunition”.

YESTERDAY ACTIVITY

For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 5,815.73  with +2.24% percent or +127.53  point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 4,543.58 up with +2.51%% percent or +111.29 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 10,000.96 up with +1.28% percent or +126.70  point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 22,552.17  up with +6.38% percent or +1,351.62 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,630.07 up  with +6.24% percent or +154.51 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 7,797.54 up  with +5.60% percent or  +413.24 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 19,389.43 up with +3.88% percent or +724.83  point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 23,478.93  up with +0.54%percent or +126.59   point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 2,772.20 up with +0.26% percent or +7.29 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at  29,696.39  with  a loss of –0.84% percent or –250.38  point at 12:15 PM.