"There's no real reason why the futures are pointing to a positive start to trading," Angus Campbell from Capital Spreads told CNBC when previewing the Monday's US trading day.

The Nikkei 225 Average closed 0.6% higher Monday, reversing early morning losses on the back of Friday's plunge on Wall Street. The Nikkei's Nozomu Kitadai has the details.

HSBC traded higher Monday after it reported a good start to 2008 with strong performances in Asia boosting the results. Andy Lynch from Schroders discusses the bank's jump earnings and bad debts.

British factory gate prices and producers' costs continued to rise in April, official data showed Monday. Tom Vosa from nabCapital considers the outlook for UK interest rates.

A tight UK mortgage market and disappointing data from industry and the high street could force the Bank of England to cut interest rate next month. Ken Wattret from BNP Paribas considers the outlook.

Diageo is revamping the production of Guinness and spending $1 billion on a new Dublin brewery. CEO Paul Walsh spoke to CNBC about the plans.