The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 5,866.70 up with +4.05% percent or +228.20 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 4,538.00 up with +2.17% percent or +96.50 point. The DAX Futures is trading at 10,688.60 up with +2.83% or +294.10 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 2,881.00 up with +1.77% percent or +50.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

 London stocks managed to finish the last session of a truncated week in the green on Today, as investors spent the afternoon digesting the latest US jobless claims data.

The FTSE 100 ended the session up 2.9% at 5,842.66, and the FTSE 250 was ahead 3.44% at 16,407.92, even as the number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits came in much higher than expected last week.

Sterling was stronger against the dollar, last trading up 0.62% at $1.2460, while it slipped 0.05% against the euro to €1.1399.

YESTERDAY ACTIVITY

For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 5,842.66 up with +2.90% percent or +164.93 point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 4,506.85 up with +1.44% percent or +64.10 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 10,564.74 with  +2.24% percent or +231.85 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 23,719.37 up with +1.22% percent or +285.80 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,789.82 up with +1.45% percent or +39.84 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 8,153.58  up with +0.77% percent or +62.67  point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 19,469.13  up with +0.64% percent or +123.36  point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 24,300.33 up with  +1.38%  percent or +329.96  point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 2,799.68 with a loss of –0.93% percent or ?26.23  point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 31,159.62 up with  +4.23% percent or +1,265.66   point at 12:15 PM.