The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 6,447.80 with a loss of -0.04% percent or -2.60  point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 5,163.20 with a loss of -0.60% percent or -31.30 point. The DAX Futures is trading at 12,773.00 up with +0.04% or +5.50 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 3,356.00 up with +0.03% percent or +1.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

Ipek Ozkardeskaya, senior analyst at Swissquote Bank, said: “Activity across European futures hint at a marginally negative open on Monday. The FTSE is preparing to give back a part of its recent gains on firmer pound, however, in the dearth of concrete deterioration in Covid stats, the strong recovery in oil, commodity prices and improved demand in pharmaceuticals amid AstraZeneca-Gilead merger talks should easily attract dip buyers as British blue-chip prices retreat.”

YESTERDAY ACTIVITY

For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 6,435.85  with a loss of –0.75% percent or ?43.17 point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 5,197.79 up with +3.71% percent or +185.82  point.Germany’s DAX closed at 12,847.68 up with +3.36% percent or +417.12  point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 27,110.98 up with +3.15% percent or  +829.16 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,193.93 with +2.62% percent or +81.58 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 9,814.08 up with +2.06%percent or +198.27 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 23,178.10  up with +1.37%percent or +314.37 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 24,769.94  with a loss of –0.0019% percent or –0.47  point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 2,937.77  up with +0.24% percent or +6.97 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 34,487.88 up with +0.59% percent or +200.64   point at 12:15 PM.