The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 7,061.50 up with +0.23% percent or +16.00 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 6,387.00 with a loss of -0.13% percent or -8.20 point. The DAX Futures is trading at 15,578.50 up with +0.05% or +7.40 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 4,056.00 up with +0.32% percent or +13.00 point.
TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS
London stocks closed in positive territory on Monday, as the pound stabilised, following a commodity price warning from China which sparked hopes that inflationary pressures might ease.
The FTSE 100 ended the session up 0.48% at 7,051.59, and the FTSE 250 was ahead 0.38% at 22,488.73.
Sterling was mixed, last trading flat on the dollar at $1.4150, as it retreated 0.24% against the euro to change hands at €1.1589.
YESTERDAY ACTIVITY
For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 7,051.59 up with +percent or +33.54 point. France’s CAC 40 closed at 6,408.49 up with +percent or +22.08 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 15,437.51 up with + percent or +67.25 point.
WORLD MARKETS
For the day the Dow is trading at 34,393.98 up with +percent or +186.14 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 4,197.05 with + percent or +41.19 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 13,661.17 up with + percent or +190.18 point.
In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 28,524.67 up with + percent or +160.06 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 28,859.18 up with + percent or +446.92 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,577.05 up with + percent or +79.76 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 50,799.65 up with +percent or +147.75 point at 12:15 PM.