The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 7,136.20 up with +0.35% percent or +24.70 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 6,365.50 with +0.70% percent or +44.50 point. The DAX Futures is trading at 15,430.50 up with +0.15% or +23.00 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 4,027 up with +0.25% percent or +10 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

London stocks closed well into positive territory on Friday, with the top-flight index hitting new post-pandemic highs, as investors sifted through a US payrolls report that missed expectations by a country mile.

The FTSE 100 ended the session up 0.76% at 7,129.71, and the FTSE 250 was ahead 1.26% at 22,775.28.

Sterling was in a mixed state, last trading 0.71% higher on the dollar at $1.3988, while iot weakened 0.06% against the euro at €1.1506.

 

YESTERDAY ACTIVITY

For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 7,129.71 with +percent or +53.54 point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 6,385.51 up with +percent or +28.42 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 15,399.65 up with + percent or +202.91 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 34,777.76 up with +percent or +229.23 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 4,232.60 up with + percent or +30.98 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 13,752.24 up with + percent or +119.39 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 29,512.00 up with + percent or +154.18 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 28,529.74 with a loss of – percent or ?80.91  point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,411.85 with a loss of – percent or –7.02 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 49,555.98up with percent or +347.47 point at 12:15 PM.