The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 5,831.00  up with +0.26% percent or +15.00  point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 4,477.00 up with +0.02% percent or +1.00 point. The DAX Futures is trading at 10,675.00  with a loss of -0.02% or -2.60 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 2,846.00 up  with +0.14% percent or +4.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

London stocks closed in positive territory on Today, as investors welcomed news that several countries were set to ease their lockdowns, even if the UK was not there yet.

The FTSE 100 ended the session up 1.64% at 5,846.79, and the FTSE 250 was ahead 1.69% at 15,952.72.

Sterling was stronger against both of its major trading pairs, rising 0.39% on the dollar to $1.2415 and adding 0.45% against the euro to €1.1474.

The gains came as Prime Minister Boris Johnson returned to work after contracting Covid-19, cautioning that it was too early to lift the lockdown in the UK just yet.

YESTERDAY ACTIVITY

For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 5,846.79 up with +1.64% percent or +94.56 point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 4,505.26  up with +2.55% percent or +111.95 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 10,659.99 up with +3.13%percent or +323.90  point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 24,133.78 up with +1.51% percent or +358.51  point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,878.48 up with +1.47% percent or +41.74 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 8,730.16 up with +1.11% percent or +95.64 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 19,771.19 with a loss of –0.061% percent or –12.03  point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 24,533.09 up with +1.04% percent or +252.95  point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 2,810.06 with a loss of –0.19% percent or –5.43 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 31,766.16  up with +0.073% percent or +23.08 point at 12:15 PM.