The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 6,059.50 with +0.66% percent or +40.00  point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 4,941.50 up with +0.70% percent or +34.50 point. The DAX Futures is trading at 12,779.50 up with +0.33% or +42.10 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 3,278.00 with +0.77% percent or +25.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

London’s top-flight index remained green throughout the session, even after the news that China was imposing sanctions on 11 Americans, including senators Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio, in retaliation for similar measures announced by the US on Friday.

Others on China’s sanctions list include Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch, and Michael Abramowitz, the president of Freedom House, according to Bloomberg.

YESTERDAY ACTIVITY

For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 6,050.59 up with +0.31% percent or +18.41 point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 4,909.51 with +0.41% percent or +19.99  point.Germany’s DAX closed at 12,687.53 up with +0.100% percent or +12.65 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 27,791.44 up with +1.30% percent or +357.96 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,360.47 up with +0.27% percent or +9.19 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 10,968.36  with a loss of -0.39% percent or -42.63 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 22,750.24 up with +1.88% percent or +420.30 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 24,816.48 up with 1.80% percent or +439.05 point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,340.29 with a loss of –1.15% percent or –38.96 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 38,391.72 up with +0.55% percent or +209.64  point at 12:15 PM.