Markets are expected to open with moderate gains on Monday morning as markets continue to digest improving data from China and shrug off disappointment from Japan.Lee Mumford, Financial Sales Trader at Spreadex said that stock futures were indicating a higher open in Europe, "tracking gains in Asia as investors digest last week's reassuring Chinese data". The outlook for China brightened last week as better-than-expected trade figures, strong industrial production data and subdued inflation pointed to a stabilisation in the world's second-largest economy.Markets are expected to shrug off weak economic data from Japan where annualised growth came in at 2.6% in the second quarter, well down from 3.8% in the first quarter and well below the 3.6% growth forecast."Higher commodity prices will also help stocks in London once they open with gold climbing to the highest level this month," Mumford said. City sources predict the FTSE 100 will open up around 20 points from yesterday's close of 6,583. Stocks to watch MITIE Group said the outsourcing company was well placed to achieve "good levels" of organic growth this financial year. In a trading update for the period from April 1st to date, the firm reported a positive start to the year, driven by strong performance in the facilities management division. SVG Capital, the FTSE 250 private equity investor, saw net asset value (NAV) jump by almost a quarter in its first half, substantially outperforming its benchmarks, as profits more than doubled. The company, whose objective is to generate an outperformance of 5.0% over the public markets, said NAV per share came in 480p by the end of the six months to June 30th, compared with just a 5.0% return for the MSCI World Index and 8.0% for the FTSE 350 for the same period.BATM Advanced Communications posted an improved set of half year results after growth in both its Telecom and Medical divisions and expects to report higher revenues and EBITDA for the year. The group, which designs and produces telecom systems and medical laboratory diagnostic systems, said gross profit rose to $20.2m for the six months ended June 30th 2013 from $19.2m a year earlier. Gross margin improved to 35.6% from 34.2% while revenue rose to $56.8m from $56.1m.