European stock markets are expected to open in a steady manner Monday, with investors weighing strong results from banking giant HSBC as well as China’s latest Covid-19 outbreak. At 2:10 AM ET (0610 GMT), the DAX futures contract in Germany traded 0.1% lower, while CAC 40 futures in France...
European stock markets traded higher Friday, helped by an easing of worries surrounding embattled property group China Evergrande as well as positive corporate earnings, notably French cosmetics giant L’Oreal. At 3:50 AM ET (0750 GMT), the DAX in Germany traded 0.4% higher, the CAC 40 in France rose 0.8%...
European shares were flat on Wednesday as strong results from Nestle boosted food company stocks and made up for disappointing earnings from a clutch of firms, including French luxury group Kering and Dutch semiconductor company ASML. The pan-European index inched up 0.1%, reversing slight opening losses after Asian peers...
European stocks were headed for their best weekly performance in seven months on Friday, as a bright start to the earnings season helped ease investor concerns about higher inflation. The pan-European STOXX 600index rose 0.3%, on course to end the week with a more than 2% gain after a...
European stocks extended gains on Thursday, boosted by technology and mining stocks, on expectations of a strong earnings season even as investors fretted over higher inflation crimping an economic recovery. The pan-European STOXX 600index rose 0.7% by 0710 GMT, with miners jumping 2.1% and tech stocks up 1.4%. European...
European stocks extended losses on Wednesday as investors were unnerved by the prospect of rising inflation slowing growth, while software group SAP’s strong earnings forecast helped limit losses in Germany’s blue-chip index. By 0710 GMT, the pan-European STOXX 600index slipped 0.4%, the German DAXwas down 0.2% and France’s CAC40...
European stocks kicked off the week’s trading nearly flat on Monday as surging commodity prices supported oil and mining shares, but nerves around inflation and the upcoming earnings season weighed on sentiment. The pan-European STOXX 600 index slipped 0.02% in early trading, with travel & leisure falling the most....
European stock markets are expected to open largely unchanged Friday, with investors cautious ahead of the release of key U.S. jobs data which could provide fresh clues into the timing of Federal Reserve tapering. At 2:15 AM ET (0615 GMT), the DAX Futures contract in Germany traded 0.1% higher,...
European stock markets traded sharply higher Thursday, continuing the week’s volatile trading with sentiment boosted by falling energy costs and signs of compromise in Washington over averting a U.S. default. At 3:40 AM ET (0840 GMT), the DAX in Germany traded 1.2% higher, the CAC 40 in France rose...
European stock markets weakened sharply Wednesday on concerns that high inflation, fed by increasing energy costs, will force central banks to tighten monetary policy faster, choking off the post-pandemic recovery. At 3:40 AM ET (0740 GMT), the DAX in Germany traded 1.8% lower, the CAC 40 in France fell...