2024-09-23 22:00:28
The main indices of the leading stock exchanges in Europe started today’s session in different directions, opening a week during which a series of important economic data for the region is expected, Reuters reported, quoted by BTA.
On the London Stock Exchange, the FTSE 100 added 0.18 percent to 8,244.97 points.
In Frankfurt, the DAX rose 0.22 percent to 18,761.04 points, and the Paris SAC 40 fell 0.3 percent to 7,478.07 points.
The pan-European STOXX 600 index remained unchanged at 514.43 points.
In Asia, markets were mostly higher, supported by key interest rate decisions taken last week by the central banks of the United States, Japan, China and Britain, the Associated Press reported.
China’s stock markets got a boost after the country’s central bank cut its short-term interest rate and injected liquidity into the financial system.
In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng index added 0.1 percent to 18,281.74 points and the Shanghai Stock Exchange Composite Index rose 0.5 percent to 2,748.99 points.
Markets in Japan are closed today for the Autumn Equinox public holiday.
Wall Street closed Friday with the S&P 500 down 0.2 percent, retreating from an earlier record high of 5,702.55. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.1 percent to a new high of 42,063.36, and the Nasdaq tech-share index lost 0.4 percent to 17,948.32.
In the oil market today, U.S. light crude rose 44 cents to $71.44 a barrel, while Brent from the North Sea, Europe’s benchmark, added 42 cents to $74.91 a barrel.
The euro fell slightly against the US currency to 1.1158 euros per dollar.