As of 09:25 in Lisbon, the EuroStoxx 600 had decreased by 0.17% to 572.35 points.
The stock exchanges in Paris, Frankfurt, and Milan saw declines of 0.63%, 0.22%, and 0.60%, respectively, while London and Madrid rose by 0.67% and 0.34%.
The Lisbon stock market followed the opening trend with its main index, the PSI, climbing by 0.79% to 8,337.44 points, after closing at a new high since February 2011 of 8,340.83 points on October 16.
Among the highlighted data, the UK’s year-on-year inflation remained unchanged at 3.8% in September, maintaining its highest level since January of the previous year.
Additionally, in the UK, Barclays reported an attributable profit of 4.98 billion pounds (5.727 billion euros) for the first nine months of 2025, marking a 14% increase from the same period last year.
In Italy, Unicredit achieved a profit of 8.746 billion euros in the first nine months of the year, reflecting a 12.9% increase compared to the same period in 2024.
In France, luxury group Hermès reported revenue of 11.916 billion euros (13.834 billion dollars) up to September, an increase of 6.3% in absolute terms and 8.6% when excluding currency variations.
In Asia, Tokyo’s Nikkei index closed with a decrease of 0.11%. It was disclosed that Japan registered a trade deficit of 234.620 billion yen (1.333 billion euros) in September.
Meanwhile, the Shanghai Composite index dropped by 0.07%, the Shenzhen index fell by 0.62%, and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng was down by 1.02% shortly before the session’s close.
In the U.S., after a mixed close on Wall Street on Tuesday, futures rose slightly by 0.13% for the Dow Jones and 0.01% for the Nasdaq.
The Dow Jones closed on Tuesday up by 0.47% to 46,924.74 points, reaching a new high since its inception in 1896.
The Nasdaq, which focuses on high-technology stocks, ended down by 0.16% to 22,953.67 points, against its all-time high of 23,043.38 on October 8.
Attention in the country is focused on the results of electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla, which will release its financial results for the first nine months of the year. The company reported a net profit of 1.581 billion dollars in the first half of 2025, down 39.4% from the same period in 2024.
Gold, historically seen as a safe-haven asset in uncertain times, rose by 0.89% with the ounce trading at 4,142.57 dollars, after falling by over 5.8% to 4,113.53 dollars on Tuesday and reaching an all-time high of 4,347.86 dollars on October 20.
Meanwhile, Brent crude, the European oil benchmark for December delivery, increased to 62.33 dollars, compared to 61.32 dollars on Tuesday.
In the debt market, the interest rate on Germany’s 10-year bond rose to 2.552%, from 2.551%, as did France’s, climbing to 3.348% from 3.341% on Tuesday and the peak of 3.600% on September 25.
The euro fell to 1.1601 dollars in the Frankfurt foreign exchange market, from 1.1609 dollars on Tuesday and the four-year peak of 1.1865 dollars recorded on September 16.
