The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 6,140.50 up with +0.31% percent or +19.20  point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 4,759.20 up with +1.56% percent or +73.20 point. The DAX Futures is trading at 11,787.00 up with +0.53% or +62.00 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 3,092.00 up with +0.91% percent or +28.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

Today’s press conference could well up the ante further, if President Trump signs off on that bill as well as implementing further measures that might hint that the US is keen to send the Chinese a message,” said CMC Markets UK’s chief market analyst, Michael Hewson.

YESTERDAY ACTIVITY

For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 6,076.60 with a loss of –2.29% percent or ?142.19 point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 4,695.44 with a loss of –1.59% percent or –75.95 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 11,586.85  with a loss of – 1.65% percent or –194.28  point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 25,383.11 with a loss of -0.069% percent or -17.53 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,044.31  up with +0.48% percent or +14.58 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 9,489.87 with 1.29% percent or +120.88 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 22,062.39  up with +0.84% percent or +184.50 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 23,748.47  up with +3.43% percent or +787.00  point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 2,912.71 up with +2.12% percent or +60.36 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 33,578.35 up with +3.56% percent or +1,154.25 point at 12:15 PM.