The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 6,063.80 up with +0.96% percent or +57.80  point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 4,947.50 up with +1.10% percent or +54.00 point. The DAX Futures is trading at 12,745.20 up with +1.00%or +126.20 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 3,286.00 up with +1.05% percent or +34.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

 London stocks edged lower in early trade on Tuesday following strong gains in the previous session, as investors sifted through results from the likes of BP and Diageo.

At 0900 BST, the FTSE 100 was down 0.2% at 6,021.58.

Diageo was the worst performer on the FTSE 100 as the drinks company proposed an unchanged final dividend and reported a 15% drop in underlying annual profit caused by the Covid-19 crisis. Operating profit before exceptional items for the year to the end of June fell to £3.49bn from

YESTERDAY ACTIVITY

For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 6,092.50 up with +0.94% percent or +56.50  point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 4,941.28 up with +1.06% percent or +51.76  point.Germany’s DAX closed at 12,733.44 up with +1.05% percent or +132.57  point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 26,828.47 up with +0.62% percent or +164.07 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,306.51 up with +0.36% percent or +11.90 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 10,941.17 up with +0.35% percent or +38.37 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 22,514.85 with a loss of –0.26% percent or ?58.81 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 25,131.60 up with +0.74% percent or +184.97 point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,377.56 up with +0.17% percent or +5.88 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 37,700.28 up with +0.033% percent or +12.37  point at 12:15 PM.