The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 6,125.50  up with +0.29% percent or +18.00  point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 4,671.11 up with +2.22% percent or +101.32  point. The DAX Futures is trading at 11,192.20 with a loss of -0.29% or -32.60 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 2,978.00 up  with +0.40% percent or +12.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

CMC Markets analyst Michael Hewson said: “It’s scarcely believable, that at a time when the US economy shows a contraction of 4.8% in Q1 with the prospect of an even bigger contraction in Q2 that equity markets in Europe and the US, saw some of their biggest gains this month, after reports emerged from the US that data from a drug trial of Gilead Sciences Remdesivir showed “quite good news” in the treatment of Covid-19 patients

YESTERDAY ACTIVITY

For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 6,117.25 up with +0.033% percent or +2.00 point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 4,697.63  up with +0.57% percent or +26.52 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 11,217.34 up with +0.99% percent or +109.60 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 24,633.86 up with +2.21% percent or +532.31  point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,939.51 up with +2.66% percent or +76.12 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 8,914.71 up with +3.57% percent or +306.98 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 20,193.69 with 2.14% percent or +422.50   point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 24,643.59 up with +0.28% percent or +67.63  point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 2,860.08 up with +1.33% percent or +37.64 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 33,623.43 up with +2.76% percent or +903.27  point at 12:15 PM.