The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 7,036.80 up with +0.44% percent or +30.80 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 6,462.00 with a loss of -0.15% percent or -0.15% point. The DAX Futures is trading at 15,487.00 with +0.02% or +3.50 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 4,063  with a loss of -4,063 percent or -3.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

London stocks remained above the waterline at the close on Friday, shortly before Joe Biden was due to take the wraps off his spending plans as US president, which are expected to be in the region of $6trn (£4.23trn).

The FTSE 100 was up 0.04% at 7,022.61, and the FTSE 250 added 0.11% to 22,683.95, ahead of the bank holiday long weekend.

YESTERDAY ACTIVITY

For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 7,022.61 up with +percent or +2.94 point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 6,484.11 up with +percent or +48.40 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 15,519.98 with percent or +113.25 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 34,529.45 with +percent or +64.81 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 4,204.11 up with + percent or +3.23 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 13,748.74 up with percent or +12.46 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 28,860.08 with a loss of – percent or ?289.33 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 28,961.23  with a loss of – percent or –163.18 point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,605.86 with + percent or +5.07 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 51,785.17 up with +percent or +362.29 point at 12:15 PM.