Britain’s premier shares index is expected to open the first day of shortened week in the red.
The spread betting firm IG sees a lacklustre start for the FTSE 100, calling it 16 points lower to 7,015.72.
Wall Street was closed for Memorial Day, leaving Asia to set the tone.
Here the major indices rose after China said 1,000 infrastructure projects worth US$318bn would be open to private investment.
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng led to way with a 1.5% rise, while the Shanghai Composite was up 1%.
In Australia the ASX advanced 0.8% and Japan’s Nikkei 225 was flat.
Returning to the UK, it is expected to be a quiet week for corporate news with Kingfisher (LON:KGF) and Rayanair (LON:RYA) among only a handful of larger companies slated to report.
The former releases a trading update on Thursday that should see new chief executive officer Véronique Laury update on how well the dramatic change of direction for the DIY group is progressing.
The boss has already announced plans to close around 60 B&Q outlets in Britain, plus a few of its loss-making stores in continental Europe.
Later today no-frills airline Ryanair reports full-year results that will demonstrate whether the company's Damascene conversion to treating its customers with more respect is paying off.
Investec is forecasting net income of €847mln, which would represent a 62% year-on-year increase.