EUROPEAN SHARES European share markets started the week on a mixed note as the "wait and see" trading stance continues ahead of a busy week. Stimulus measures and the US-Sino relationship remain the biggest market drivers at the moment and investors were slightly disappointed to see trade talks between Washington and Beijing, initially planned for…
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EUROPEAN SHARES European shares opened significantly higher at the start of a busy week, following a clearly bullish Asian trading session overnight. While new coronavirus cases continued to grow significantly over the weekend, with lockdowns even coming back in certain hotspots, investors’ focus is targeted towards the opening of earnings season this week. The optimistic…
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EUROPEAN SHARES European shares opened without clear direction on Friday as market sentiment remains mixed for the end of the week. Despite a strong optimistic tone registered in June, investors’ risk appetite is now tempered by a renewed momentum in daily virus cases in many areas, as well as rising trade tensions between Washington and…
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EUROPEAN SHARES Shares slid lower in Europe on Monday following a mixed trading session in Asia overnight after new virus cases were spotted in Australia, the US and Germany during the weekend. Market sentiment remains uncertain towards risk assets as coronavirus fears continue to grow while volumes keep on decreasing as more and more traders…
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EUROPEAN SHARES European stocks drifted lower at the opening on Monday, extending losses registered earlier this morning by Asian benchmarks, as the appetite for risk assets decreases. This risk-off mood, initially triggered last Thursday by fears of a second virus wave, has been confirmed over the weekend after a rise in the number of new…
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EUROPEAN SHARES European markets slid lower on Wednesday, following the trend registered overnight by Asian benchmarks albeit on lower volumes than usual. Today’s uncertain market sentiment comes after investors started to digest the first few earnings reports with the financial sector publishing mixed results on Tuesday. This blurry picture is making it hard for traders…
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EUROPEAN SHARES European shares trade higher on Tuesday, following a long weekend for traders and building on the boost to market sentiment carried over from the Asian session. Today’s risk appetite comes amid investors welcoming the reassuring release of China’s trade balance release, which topped estimates, while traders’ appetite was further boosted by strong signs…
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OIL After yesterday’s oil price rally, investors are in a wait and see mode as the OPEC+’s key virtual meeting approaches. It will be crucial for the group to reach a quick agreement to mitigate against the worst-case scenario of an enduring global glut, which was the result of the failure of the previous OPEC…
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In July, Eurex, Europe’s largest derivatives exchange and part of Deutsche Börse Group, has announced that it has seen strong demand for its equity products. Traded equity contracts were up by 76 percent to 23,790,806 from 13,506,099 in July 2017. Demand was particularly high for Single Stock Dividend Futures (+87 percent) with 435,018 traded contracts.…
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STOXX Ltd., the operator of Deutsche Boerse Group’s index business, and a global provider of innovative and tradable index concepts, today introduced the EURO STOXX 50 Corporate Bond Sector, Rating and Maturity Bucket Sub-Indices. They expand the EURO STOXX 50 Corporate Bond Index, which was launched in April and is the fixed income equivalent of…
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