Proactive Investors - Markets in London are forecast to open higher at the start of a week that will be dominated by inflation and GDP numbers.
Financial spread bet firms were calling FTSE 100 up by around twenty points an hour ahead of the open, in spite of mixed trading overnight in Asia.
NatWest (LON:NWG), inflation and water groups the headline grabbers this week
Here, news that Body Shop is set to call in administrators might put a dampener on the retail sector while reports at the weekend suggested water company bosses face bonus caps if sewage dumping continues.
On Friday, Footsie closed down 23 points at 7.573.