Ftse Ukx: Ftse and Oil Majors

ftse ukx: How are markets performing The Stoxx Europe 600 SXXP, 0.38% added 0.6%, after finishing the previous week down 0.5%. Italy's FTSE MIB I945, 0.66% was the regions top climber, adding 1.5% to 19,648.13, while France's CAC 40 PX1, 0.37% rose 0.8% to 5,000.43, Germany's DAX 30 DAX, 0.48% added 0.7% to 10,983.80 and the FTSE 100 UKX, 0.47% gained 0.4% to 7,098.14, according to Market Watch. The pound GBPUSD, 0.0078%GBPUSD, 0.0078% pared earlier losses, which helped boost the FTSE 100, fetching 1.2930 from 1.2942 late on Friday in New York. A number of Europe's major banks climbed, while oil majors also rose. The euro EURUSD, 0.0177% fell to 1.1321 from 1.1326. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and trade representative Robert Lighthizer will represent the administration of President Donald Trump without the president, after Trump made it clear he will not be meeting with President Xi Jinping before the trade deal deadline of March 1. Opinion Europeans must get rid of the failing EU one way or another The polite Brexit way, or the rowdy yellow-vest way What's driving the markets Investors were looking ahead to the restart of trade talks between China and the U.S. on Monday. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.