The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 5,750.30  with a loss of-0.43%percent or -24.70 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 4,478.00 with a loss of -1.01% percent or -45.50 point. The DAX Futures is trading at 10,641.00 with a loss of -0.94% or -101.20 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 2,868.00 with a loss of -0.59% percent or -17.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

A renewed push higher in Sterling and weakness in crude oil prices tripped investors up as they returned from the long bank holiday, even as analysts debated what markets’ next move might be.

Investor sentiment was initially buoyed by the latest Chinese trade figures and news of falling or slowing Covid-19 case counts, alongside modest-to-slight easing of lockdown restrictions in some European countries.

The FTSE 100 finished down 0.88% at 5,791.31 as the pound added a further 0.87% against the Greenback to 1.2624, while the second-tier index fell 1.98% to 16,082.57.

YESTERDAY ACTIVITY

For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 5,776.57  with a loss of –0.25% percent or –14.74 point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 4,523.91 up with +0.38%% percent or +17.07 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 10,696.56 up with  +1.25%% percent or +131.82 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 23,949.76 up with 2.39% percent or +558.99 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,846.06 up with +3.06% percent or +84.43  point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 8,515.74  up with +3.95% percent or +323.32 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 19,550.09 with a loss of –0.45% percent or –88.72 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 24,260.50 with a loss of –0.72%  percent or –174.90  point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 2,811.17 with a loss of –0.57% percent or ?16.11 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 31,382.00 up with +2.25% percent or +691.98   point at 12:15 PM.