India, Nov. 2 -- A massive plunge in the prices of crude oil as well as a rebound in technology shares improved sentiment in markets at the onset of the new month. Market spotlight for the week is on the U.S. midterm elections, key data releases from the U.S as well as interest rate decisions by Bank of England as well as Reserve Bank of Australia.

Wall Street Futures are in strong positive territory. European markets are trading on a mostly negative note. Earlier in the day, Asian markets had finished trading on a mixed note.

The six-currency Dollar Index has declined more than a quarter percent. Bond yields mostly declined.

Crude oil prices plunged close to 6 percent amidst reports of renewed diplomatic efforts to end the Middle East c...