The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 5,879.50 up with +0.56% percent or +32.50 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 4,791.00 up with +1.36% percent or +64.50 point. The DAX Futures is trading at 12,632.80 with  +0.63% or +78.50point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 3,174.00 up with +0.70% percent or +22.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

London equity markets finished in positive territory on Friday, managing to break above the waterline in late trading after worries about rising Covid-19 cases and further restrictions knocked sentiment earlier in the session.

The FTSE 100 closed up 0.34% at 5,842.67, and the FTSE 250 was 1.44% firmer at 17,044.12.

Sterling was trading mixed against its major trading pairs, last falling 0.39% on the dollar to $1.2697, while strengthening 0.09% against the euro to €1.0929.

YESTERDAY ACTIVITY

For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 5,842.67 with 0.34% percent or +19.89 point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 4,729.66 with a loss of –0.69% percent or –32.96 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 12,469.20 with a loss of –1.09% percent or  –137.37 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 27,173.96 up with +1.34% percent or +358.52 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,298.46 with +1.60% percent or  +51.87 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 10,913.56 up with +2.26% percent or +241.29 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 23,511.62 up with +1.32% percent or +307.00 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 23,426.15 up with +0.82%percent or  +190.73 point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,212.56 with a loss of –0.21% percent or –6.86point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 37,885.87up with +1.36% percent or +509.87 point at 12:15 PM.