The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 6,452.00 up with +0.02% percent or +1.00 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 5,612.20 up with +0.93% percent or +51.70 point. The DAX Futures is trading at 14,083.50  up with +0.19% or +26.00 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 3,648.00 up with +0.53% percent or +0.41% point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

London stocks closed in a mixed state on Friday, after the Bank of England stood pat on rates.

The FTSE 100 ended the session down 0.06% at 6,503.72, while the FTSE 250 advanced 0.27% to 20,809.30.

Sterling was stronger against its major trading pairs, last advancing 0.12% on the dollar to $1.3663, and gaining 0.63% against the euro to €1.1408.

YESTERDAY ACTIVITY

For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 6,503.72  with a loss of -0.063% percent or ?4.10 point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 5,608.54  up with +0.82% percent or  +45.49  point.Germany’s DAX closed at 14,060.29  up with +0.91% percent or +126.66  point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 31,055.86 up with +1.08% percent or  +332.26 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,871.74 up with +1.09% percent or +41.57  point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 13,777.74 up with  +1.23% percent or +167.20 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 28,762.41 up with +1.48% percent or  +420.46  point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 29,348.36 with +0.81% percent or +234.86 point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,514.48 with +0.36% percent or +12.62 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 50,924.01  up with +0.61% percent or +309.72 point at 12:15 PM.