The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 6,180.30 up with +0.22% percent or +13.30  point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 4,784.50 up with +0.64% percent or +30.50 point. The DAX Futures is trading at 11,893.20 with a loss of -0.35% or -42.00 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 3,114.00 up with +0.55% percent or +17.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

 London stocks finished above the waterline on Monday, following the release of the latest UK manufacturing data, as investors kept an eye on ongoing tensions between the US and China after US President Trump’s news conference last week.

The FTSE 100 ended the session up 1.48% at 6,166.42, and the FTSE 250 was 1.38% firmer at 17,277.53.

Sterling was stronger against both of its major trading pairs, last gaining 1.01% on the dollar to $1.2468, and advancing 0.83% against the euro to €1.1213.

YESTERDAY ACTIVITY

For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 6,166.42 up with +1.48% percent or +89.82 point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 4,762.78 up with +1.43% percent or +67.35  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 25,475.02 up with +0.36% percent or +91.91 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,055.73  up with +0.38% percent or +11.42 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 9,552.05 up with +0.66% percent or +62.18 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 22,325.61  up with +1.19% percent or +263.22 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 23,906.84  up with +0.73% percent or +174.32  point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 2,920.01 up with +0.16% percent or +4.58 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 33,582.38 up with +0.84% percent or +278.86 point at 12:15 PM.