The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 5,977.90 with a loss of -0.48% percent or +29.10  point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 5,026.00  up with +0.25% percent or +12.50 point. The DAX Futures is trading at 13,079.20 up with +0.21%or +27.60 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 3,330.00 up with +0.30% percent or +10.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

Zoom Video Communications  is one of the stocks which have benefited immensely from the coronavirus pandemic, as millions of workers and students flocked to digital communications tools after COVID-19 forced countries to lock down their citizens, closing businesses and schools by mandating that populations shelter in place.

Investors will be zeroing in on the company’s second quarter numbers, released later today to find out how quickly this San Jose, California-based company is translating subscriber gains into increased profitability.

YESTERDAY ACTIVITY

For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 5,963.57  with a loss of –0.61%percent or –36.42 point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 5,033.25 up with +0.61% percent or +30.31 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 13,096.31  up with +0.48% percent or +63.11 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 28,653.87 up with 0.57% percent or +161.60  point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,508.01 up with +0.67% percent or +23.46 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 11,695.63 up with +0.60% percent or  +70.30 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 23,139.76 up with +1.12% percent or +257.11 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 25,412.69 with a loss of –0.037% percent or –9.37 point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,395.68 with a loss of –0.24%% percent or –8.13  point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 39,261.65 with a loss of –0.52% percent or 205.78 point at 12:15 PM.