The DAX Futures is trading at 11,469.50  with  a loss of -0.30% percent or -34.00 point . The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 6,968.50  with a loss of  -0.25% percent or -17.50 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 5,091.00  with  a loss of -0.01% percent or -0.50 point .The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures is trading at 3,176.00   with a loss of -0.22% percent or -7.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

 London stocks were set to edge up at the open on Monday, with investors likely to keep a close eye on any Brexit-related developments.

The FTSE 100 was called to open 15 points higher at 7,010. Meanwhile, sterling was down 0.2% against the dollar and the euro at 1.3122 and 1.1355, respectively, after a weekend of Brexit negotiations between Dominic Raab and the EU’s chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, failed to yield any breakthroughs.

PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY

For the day Germany’s DAX closed at 11,523.81  with a loss of  -0.13% percent or -15.54 point.the FTSE 100 closed at 7,007.52  up with +0.17% percent or +11.93 point. France’s CAC 40 closed at 5,095.98  with a loss of -0.20% percent or  -10.39 point. 

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 25,339.99 up with +1.15% percent or +287.16 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,767.13 up with  +1.42% percent or +38.76 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 7,496.89 up with +2.29% percent or +167.83 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 22,271.30 with  a loss of  -1.87% percent or -423.36 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 25,463.64    with a loss of -1.31% percent or -337.85 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,568.10   with a loss of  -1.49% percent or -38.81 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 34,743.09  up  with +0.027% percent or +9.51 point at 12:15 PM.