The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 5,592.00  with a loss of -1.50% percent or -85.00 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 4,373.50 with a loss of -1.43% percent or -63.50 point. The DAX Futures is trading at 10,212.50 up with +0.55% or +55.50 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 2,780.00 with a loss of -1.52% percent or -43.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

Stocks across the Continent extended the previous session’s rally amid optimism that authorities in Europe and the US are succeeding in getting the Covid-19 pandemic under control.

Overnight, Italy reported a further large reduction in the number of new daily infections, from 2,972 on Sunday to 1,941 for Monday, while in the US remarks from New York governor, Andrew Cuomo, that the case load might be levelling off helped to send stocks on Wall Street sharply higher.

YESTERDAY ACTIVITY

For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 5,704.45  up with +2.19%percent or +122.06 point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 4,438.27 up with +2.12% percent or +92.14 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 10,356.70 up with +2.79% percent or +281.53   point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 22,653.86 with a loss of –0.12% percent or ?26.13 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,659.41  with a loss of –0.16% percent or ?4.27 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 7,887.26  with a loss of –0.33% percent or –25.98  point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 19,359.86 up with +2.16% percent or +409.68  point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 23,923.61 with  a loss of –1.36%  percent or –329.68    point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 2,811.17 with a loss of –0.34% percent or –9.59  point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 30,050.48  with  a loss of –0.056% percent or –16.73  point at 12:15 PM.