Yuji Sakai
London (UKX) +0.21%
Germany (DAX:IND) +0.28%
France (CAC:IND) +0.31% The manufacturing climate indicator in France rose to 98.8 in August 2024.
The unemployment rate in Hungary increased to 4.2% in May-July 2024.
The unemployment rate in Sweden rose to 7.7% in July.
Industrial production in Lithuania rose 11.1% Y/Y in July.
The general public’s domestic loan debt in Norway edged up by 3.7% Y/Y to NOK7.41B.
Median expectations for inflation over the next 12 months in the Euro Area remained unchanged at 2.8% for the third consecutive month, having fallen in May to their lowest level since September 2021.
The pan-European Stoxx 600 (STOXX) moved 0.16% higher, as investors awaited US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s speech at the Jackson Hole Economic Symposium. The markets are poised to achieve their third consecutive weekly gain, marking the longest winning streak in nearly five months.
Coming up in the session: A lighter day on the European front.
In the bond market, the U.S. 10-year Treasury yield was down less than 1 basis point to 3.86%.
Germany’s 10-year yield was up 1 basis point at 2.25%.
U.K.’s 10-year yield almost flat basis point to 3.96%.
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