Proactive Investors - Stocks called higher ahead of US tech earnings.
The FTSE 100 is expected to open higher after strong gains in US markets and as figures show shop price inlation cooled further in January.
Spread betting companies are calling London's lead index up by around 30 points after closing down 2.35 points at 7,632.74 on Monday.
Figures from the British retail Consortium showed shop price inflation in the UK fell in January to its lowest rate since May 2022 as retailers offered heavy discounts to entice customers.
The release will be welcomed by the Bank of England's ahead of its decision on interest rates on Thursday.
In the US, markets made strong gains ahead of a deluge of earnings and key economic updates while the Federal Reserve makes its interest rate call on Wednesday.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.6%, the S&P 500 up 0.8% and the Nasdaq Composite up 1.1%.
Markets were boosted by news the US Treasury has reduced its estimate for federal borrowing for the current quarter.
The Treasury Department said that it now estimates $760 billion in net borrowing for January-through-March, down from a previous prediction of $816 billion released in late October.
On Tuesday, New York's corporate calendar sees full-year results from Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD), Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL), Electronic Arts (NASDAQ:EA), General Motors (NYSE:GM), Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT), Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) and Starbucks (NASDAQ:SBUX).
Back in London, and Diageo (LON:DGE) will provide the early headlines along with updates from Pets at Home and Synthomer (LON:SYNTS) (LSE:SYNT).