The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 5,953.80  up with +0.31% percent or +18.30  point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 4,550.50 up with +0.19% percent or +8.50 point. The DAX Futures is trading at 10,815.80  with +0.75% or +80.10 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 2,898.00 up  with +0.17% percent or +5.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

Further gains for the FTSE 100 look odd on a morning when major components like BP and HSBC report poor earnings, but for the most part the gainers in the index are those that will see an upturn in activity as lockdowns ease across most of the globe, if perhaps not yet in the UK,” said Chris Beauchamp, chief market analyst at IG.

YESTERDAY ACTIVITY

For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 5,958.50 up with +1.91% percent or +111.71 point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 4,569.79  up with +1.43% percent or +64.54 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 10,795.63 up with +1.27% percent or +135.64   point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 24,101.55 with a loss of -0.13% percent or ?32.23  point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,863.39 with a loss of -0.52% percent or -15.09 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 8,607.73  with a loss of -1.40% percent or -122.43 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 24,595.75 up with +0.081% percent or +19.79  point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 2,817.64 up with +0.27% percent or +7.62 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 32,468.68  up with +1.10% percent or +354.16  point at 12:15 PM.