The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 6,599.00 up with +0.26% percent or +17.00 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 5,749.50   with a loss of -0.39% percent or -22.30 point. The DAX Futures is trading at 13,986.50 with +0.41% or +56.80 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 3,704.00 up with  +0.11% percent or +4.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

London stocks finished just below the waterline on Monday, as investors digested Boris Johnson’s plans to gradually ease lockdown measures across England, amid worries about rising inflation.

The FTSE 100 ended the session down 0.18% at 6,612.24, and the FTSE 250 was off 0.26% at 20,981.09.

Sterling was powering ahead against its major pairs, last rising 0.45% on the dollar to trade at $1.4079, and gaining 0.16% to €1.1579 against the common currency.

YESTERDAY ACTIVITY

For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 6,612.24  with a loss of -0.18% percent or  -11.78 point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 5,767.44  with a loss of -0.11% percent or  -6.11 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 13,950.04  with a loss of -0.31% percent or ?43.19 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 31,521.69 up with +0.087% percent or  +27.37 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,876.50 with a loss of -0.77% percent or  -30.21 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 13,533.05 with a loss of -2.46% percent or  ?341.42 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 30,156.03 up with +0.46% percent or +138.11 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 30,670.96 with 1.16% percent or +351.13 point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,639.89 with a loss of -0.070% percent or -2.55 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 49,968.78 up with  +0.45% percent or +224.46 point at 12:15 PM.