The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 7,072.20 with a loss of -0.14% percent or -9.80 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 6,627.00 with a loss of -0.02% percent or -1.00 point. The DAX Futures is trading at 15,602.00 up with  +0.01% or +2.00 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 4,109 up with +0.01% percent or +0.01 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

European shares were mostly higher on Friday as investors cheered a deal on Capitol Hill on President Joe Biden’s proposed infrastructure spending package.

YESTERDAY ACTIVITY

For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 7,136.07 up with +0.37% percent or +26.10 point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 6,622.87  with a loss of –0.12% percent or ?8.28 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 15,589.23 up with +0.86% percent or +132.84 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 34,433.84 up with +0.69% percent or +237.02 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 4,280.70 up with +0.33% percent or +14.21point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 14,360.39 with a loss of -0.065% percent or –9.32 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 29,024.14 with a loss of –0.15% percent or ?44.80 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 29,237.61 with a loss of –0.17% percent or ?50.61 point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,599.14 with a loss of –0.23% percent or –8.42 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 52,833.88 with a loss of –0.17% percent or ?91.16 point at 12:15 PM.