The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 6,097.00 up with +0.55% percent or +33.50  point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 4,611.20 up with +0.32% percent or +14.70 point. The DAX Futures is trading at 11,542.80 up with +0.57% or +65.80 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 3,000.00 up with +0.20% percent or +6.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

“Travel and airlines stocks are doing well on the back of yesterday’s reports that German national carrier Lufthansa is on the brink of a €9bn bailout from the German government, with British Airways owner IAG leading the way, along with decent gains for easyJet and Ryanair,” said CMC Markets analyst Michael Hewson

YESTERDAY ACTIVITY

For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 6,067.76 up with +1.24% percent or +74.48 point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 4,606.24 up with +1.46% percent or +66.33 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 11,504.65  up with +1.00% percent or +87.81  point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 24,995.11  up with +2.17% percent or +529.95 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,991.77 up with +1.23% percent or +36.32 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 9,340.22 up with +0.17% percent or +15.63 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at up 21,419.23 up with +0.70% percent or +148.06 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 23,154.59  with a loss of –0.98% percent or –230.07 point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 2,832.76 with a loss of –0.48% percent or –13.79 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 30,857.14 up with +0.81% percent or +0.81%  point at 12:15 PM.