The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 4,725.80 with a loss of -2.31% percent or -111.70 point.The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 5,990.80 with a loss of -0.99% percent or -59.70  point.  The DAX Futures is trading at 111,758.50  with a loss of -1.34% or -159.50 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 3,066.00 with a loss of -1.54% percent or -48.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

Monday, oil giant BP (LON:BP) said it expects to take up to $17.5 billion of charges in its second-quarter earnings to reflect what it expects will be the “enduring” effects of the pandemic, in the form of lower oil prices.

YESTERDAY ACTIVITY

For the day France’s CAC  40 closed at 4,776.85 with a loss of –1.29% percent or –62.41  point.the FTSE 100 closed at 6,013.00 with a loss of –1.51% percent or –92.18  point. Germany’s DAX closed at 11,802.66 with a loss of -1.23%percent or –146.62 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 25,605.54 up with +1.90% percent or +477.37 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,041.31 with +1.31% percent or +39.21 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 9,588.81 up with +1.01% percent or +96.08  point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 21,530.95  with a loss of –3.47% percent or –774.53 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 23,776.95 with a loss of –2.16% percent or –524.43 point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 2,890.03  with a loss of –1.02% percent or –29.71 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 33,274.02 with a loss of -1.50% percent or –506.87 point at 12:15 PM.