The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 6,096.50 up with +0.33% percent or +20.20  point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 4,939.50 up with +0.07% percent or +3.50 point. The DAX Futures is trading at 12,898.30 up with +0.08% or +10.80 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 3,306.00 up with +0.21% percent or +7.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

London stocks finished in the red despite a late rally on Monday, as a strong showing from precious metals miners helped to offset weakness in the travel sector, after Ryanair warned over a second wave of coronavirus infections.

The FTSE 100 ended the session down 0.31% at 6,104.88, and the FTSE 250 was off 0.62% at 17,157.94.

A surge in gold prices, which lifted the likes of Polymetal, Fresnillo, Hochschild and Centamin earlier in the session, helped the index to pare some losses.

YESTERDAY ACTIVITY

For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 6,104.88  with a loss of –0.31% percent or –18.94  point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 4,939.62  with a loss of –0.34% percent or –16.81  point.Germany’s DAX closed at 12,838.66 up with +0.0047% percent or +0.60 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 26,584.77 up with +0.43% percent or +114.88 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,239.41 up with +0.74% percent or +23.78 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 10,536.27 up with +1.67% percent or +173.09 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 22,657.38 with a loss of –0.26% percent or –58.47 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 24,721.30 up with +0.48% percent or +118.04  point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,228.48 up with +0.73% percent or +23.25 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 38,266.52 up with +0.87% percent or +331.79  point at 12:15 PM.