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Chip stocks lead European markets higher; ASML up 5% after Foxconn revenue jump
European markets gained ground on Monday, with chip firms leading gains, after a choppy start to the year for stocks. The Stoxx 600 had a mixed performance last week, though it ended 0.2% higher amid a rocky start to 2025 for stocks around the world. Mixed sentiment could continue this week as traders look for […]
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European markets set to open mixed in last full trading day of 2024
European markets are set to open in mixed territory on Monday, in what will be the region’s final full trading session of the year. London’s FTSE 100 index is slated open 10 points lower at 8,127, according to IG, while the French CAC 40 is expected to add 67 points to open at 7,350. Germany’s […]
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European markets set to open higher after Christmas closure
European stocks were set to open higher on Friday, as regional markets resume trading following a closure for the Christmas holiday. The FTSE 100 is expected to open 34 points higher at 8,136, according to data from IG, while the German DAX is slated to gain 40 points at 19,888 and the French CAC 40 […]
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European markets higher as shortened Christmas week begins; UK economy stalls
UK borrowing costs rise Yields on British 10-year gilts crept higher on Monday, gaining 2 basis points to trade at 4.532% by 10:46 a.m. London time. It came after revised GDP figures showed the U.K. economy flatlined in the three months to September. U.K. borrowing costs hit a one-year high last week, but have since […]
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German stocks are massively outperforming their European peers. Here’s why
Germany’s stock market is massively outperforming its European peers this year and moving in lockstep with U.S. equities. The main market, the DAX 30 , is up about 19% so far this year, compared with the 5% hike of the European benchmark, the Stoxx 600 . The gains in Germany are closer to performances seen […]
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Europe stocks open lower; French stocks slide after Moody’s credit downgrade; Broadcaster Canal+ lists in London
European markets opened lower Monday, as traders gear up for a final week of central bank action. The regional Stoxx 600 index opened 0.09% lower, with travel stocks leading losses. France’s CAC 40 index dropped 0.36% as investors assessed credit rating agency Moody’s surprise Saturday decision to downgrade the country’s score to Aa3, from Aa2 […]
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European markets slip as investors react to economic data; French stocks edge higher as new prime minister named
French government bond yields creep upward as Bayrou named prime minister Journalists work outside the Élysée Palace after French president Macron named centrist Francois Bayrou as Prime Minister in Paris on Dec. 13, 2026. Bertrand Guay | Afp | Getty Images Yields on French government bonds ticked higher on Friday, after the country’s President Emmanuel […]
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European markets open higher but France’s political upheaval is in focus
Annual Swiss inflation rises less than expected to 0.7% in November Switzerland’s inflation rate rose 0.7% year-on-year in November, just shy of the 0.8% print expected by analysts polled by Reuters. The country recorded a 0.1% drop in consumer prices from the previous month. The cooling inflation rate could add pressure to the Swiss National […]
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Stellantis shares slide 8% after CEO departure as broader European markets decline
Euro slides with French government on brink The euro tumbled 0.72% against the U.S. dollar, trading at $1.0497 at 8:40 a.m. in London, as traders monitored political volatility in France. The odds that the fragile government led by Michel Barnier will be toppled in a no-confidence vote by the far-right and a left-wing coalition appeared […]
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Barclays prefers Germany over France as it sends ‘bond vigilante’ warning
German blue-chip stocks show more promise than their French counterparts, Barclays’ strategists wrote in a note Friday, saying France has weak “long-term fiscal and growth fundamentals” and a looming risk of bond vigilantes sweeping in. The euro zone’s two biggest economies are both struggling. Germany is battling an ongoing manufacturing downturn that has turned it […]
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