The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 6,200.00 up with +1.01% percent or +61.80  point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 5,087.50 up with +1.95%percent or +97.50 point. The DAX Futures is trading at 12,754.30 up with +1.45% or +182.10 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 3,344.00 up with +1.55% percent or +51.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

London stocks stayed below the waterline on Friday afternoon to close in the red, giving back the previous session’s gains as investors mulled over the latest reading on the UK services sector.

The FTSE 100 closed down 1.33% at 6,157.30, having risen sharply on Thursday following the release of a better-than-expected US non-farm payrolls report, while the FTSE 250 was 0.38% weaker at 17,302.03.

YESTERDAY ACTIVITY

For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 6,157.30 with a loss of –1.33% percent or –83.06  point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 5,007.14  with a loss of –0.84% percent or –42.24 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 12,528.18 with a loss of -0.64% percent or –80.28 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 25,827.36 up with +0.36% percent or +92.39 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,130.01 up with +0.45% percent or +14.15 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 10,207.63 up with +0.52% percent or +53.00  point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 22,714.44 up with +1.83% percent or +407.96 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 26,282.21 up with +3.58% percent or +909.09  point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,331.11 up with +5.66% percent or +178.30  point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 36,501.09 up with +1.33% percent or +479.67 point at 12:15 PM.