Positive start predicted
The FTSE 100 is expected to open around 26 points higher on Monday, with IG pointing to a level near 10,677.
London's blue-chip index closed Friday at 10,650.44, up 42 points or 0.4%, after touching a session high of 10,714.67.
Wall Street rebounded on Friday as oil prices briefly retreated.
The Dow Jones gained 1% to 52,573, the S&P 500 added 0.9% to 7,657 and the Nasdaq rose 1% to 26,333.
All three benchmarks still finished the week lower.
Asian markets were mixed on Monday as worries over artificial intelligence spending weighed on technology shares.
Japan's Nikkei 225 fell 0.8% and South Korea's Kospi dropped 2.5%.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng added 0.3%, China's Shanghai Composite rose 0.2% and Australia's ASX 200 edged up 0.1%.
SoftBank, the Japanese technology investor, plunged 11.2% after leading AI executives backed calls to slow the development of advanced models while safety measures catch up.
SK Hynix fell 5.3% and Samsung lost 2.8%.
Oil prices surged after Saudi Arabia shut a major pipeline used to bypass the Strait of Hormuz following an attack.
Brent crude jumped 3.2% to $107.94 a barrel and West Texas Intermediate gained 3.2% to $103.26.
The rise could support BP and Shell but renews pressure on airlines, retailers and other energy-intensive businesses.
Gold slipped 0.5% to $4,327.80 an ounce as costlier oil reinforced expectations of a US interest-rate rise.
Copper eased 1.2% to around $6.39 a pound, while Bitcoin traded near $77,800.
Central-bank decisions in the US, UK and Japan will dominate the week, with investors weighing whether the energy shock will force policymakers to keep interest rates higher.
