At approximately 09:30 in Lisbon, the EuroStoxx 600 rose by 0.12% to 572.78 points.
Stock exchanges in London, Paris, and Frankfurt advanced by 0.31%, 0.03%, and 0.11%, respectively. In addition, Madrid and Milan appreciated by 0.26% and 0.85%.
The Lisbon stock market maintained its opening trend, with its main index, the PSI, increasing by 0.16% to 8,312.15 points, following a new high since February 2011 of 8,340.83 points on October 16.
Markets are also attentive to third-quarter corporate results, the U.S. CPI, which will be released on Friday after a one-week delay due to the federal government shutdown, and the appearance of European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde in Oslo.
Lagarde will speak at a climate conference organized by Norway’s central bank, potentially indicating the institution’s intentions for the next week’s meeting on interest rates, scheduled for October 29 and 30 in Florence.
In Asia, Tokyo’s Nikkei index closed up 0.27%, reaching a new record of 49,316 points. Meanwhile, the Shanghai Composite gained 1.36%, the Shenzhen index rose by 2.06%, and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng was up 0.77% shortly before the session’s end.
In Japan, conservative Sanae Takaichi of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) made history today as the first woman to be appointed Prime Minister of the Asian country after winning the lower house vote for the position.
Wall Street futures indicate declines of 0.11% for the Nasdaq and 0.10% for the Dow Jones.
The Dow Jones closed on Monday with a rise of 1.12% to 46,706.58 points, just shy of the all-time high of 46,758.28 points reached on October 3.
The Nasdaq, consisting of high-tech stocks, also advanced by 1.37% to 22,990.54 points, nearing its record high of 23,043.38 on October 8.
The price of gold, historically considered a safe haven in times of uncertainty, fell, with an ounce trading at $4,301.65 compared to $4,347.86 on Monday, which was an all-time high.
Meanwhile, Brent crude, the European benchmark, for December delivery, declined to $60.75, down from $61.01 on Monday.
In the bond market, Germany’s 10-year bond yields fell to 2.567%, down from 2.576%, alongside a decline in France’s yields to 3.354%, compared to 3.361% on Monday and the recent peak of 3.600% on September 25.
The euro fell to $1.1629 in the Frankfurt foreign exchange market, compared to $1.1650 on Monday, and down from the four-year high of $1.1865 recorded on September 16.
