The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 5,672.00 up with +1.77% percent or +98.50 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 4,447.50 up with +2.38% percent or +103.50 point. The DAX Futures is trading at 10,345.20 up with +1.48% or +151.20 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 2,832.00 up with +2.28% percent or +63.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

London stocks held on to their gains for the close on Monday, even after the release of uninspiring data, as investors took heart from a slowdown in new coronavirus cases and deaths.

The FTSE 100 ended the session up 3.08% at 5,582.39, and the FTSE 250 was ahead 5.06% at 14,812.36.

Sterling was stronger against most of its major trading pairs, last rising 0.27% against the dollar to $1.2302, having fallen on Sunday night on news that Prime Minister Boris Johnson had been admitted to hospital with persistent coronavirus symptoms, and advancing 0.25% on the euro to €1.1390.

YESTERDAY ACTIVITY

For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 5,582.39  up with +3.08% percent or +166.89 point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 4,346.14 up with +4.61% percent or +191.56 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 10,075.17 up with 5.77% percent or +549.40  point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 22,679.99 up with +7.73% percent or +1,627.46 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,663.68 up with +7.03% percent or +175.03 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 7,913.24 up with +7.33% percent or +540.15  point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 18,950.18 up with +2.01% percent or +373.88  point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 24,147.31 up with +1.68%  percent or +398.19    point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 2,818.58 up with +1.98% percent or +54.59  point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 29,259.04 up with +6.05% percent or +1,668.09  point at 12:15 PM.