The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 6,557.20 with a loss of -0.05% percent or -3.30 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 5,760.50  up with +0.57%percent or +32.50 point. The DAX Futures is trading at 13,955.50 with a loss of -0.01% or -1.50 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 3,699.00 with  a loss of -0.03% percent or -1.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

The FTSE 100 ends the week only modestly higher from last Friday, having seen Monday’s surge eroded over the past three sessions, but with heavyweight sectors like banking and mining on the up this afternoon there is hope that the bounce of the past three weeks is more than just a flash in the pan,” said IG chief market analyst Chris Beauchamp.

YESTERDAY ACTIVITY

For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 6,624.02 up with +percent or  +6.87 point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 5,773.55 up with +percent or  +45.22 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 13,993.23 up with + percent or +106.30 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 31,494.32 up with +percent or   +0.98 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,906.71 with a loss of – percent or  ?7.26 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 13,874.46 up with percent or  +9.11 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 30,241.75 up with +percent or +223.83 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 30,623.46 with a loss of – percent or –21.27 point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,683.95 with a loss of – percent or ?12.21 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 50,552.43 with a loss of – percent or –328.40 point at 12:15 PM.