At approximately 08:55 in Lisbon, the EuroStoxx 600 was down by 0.50% at 548.81 points.
The stock markets in London, Paris, and Frankfurt registered declines of 0.27%, 0.46%, and 0.71%, respectively, while Madrid and Milan showed gains of 0.47% and 0.18%.
Lisbon’s stock exchange maintained its opening trend, with the main PSI index falling 0.80% to 7,675.31 points at 08:55, against the current peak since May 6, 2011, of 7,791.75 points, reached on July 9.
As expected by the markets, the ECB maintained key interest rates on Thursday after successfully keeping eurozone inflation at the 2% target.
In Asia, Tokyo’s main index, the Nikkei, closed with a 0.88% decline due to profit-taking following a more than 2,000-point increase over the past two days, spurred by a trade agreement between Japan and the United States that includes “reciprocal” tariffs of 15%.
The benchmark index of the Shanghai Stock Exchange and the Shenzhen market also closed with losses of 0.33% and 0.22%, respectively, while the Hang Seng Index in Hong Kong fell more than 1% shortly before the session ended.
Wall Street futures show slight increases after Wall Street concluded Thursday’s session with mixed results. The Dow Jones Industrial fell by 0.7%, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq reached record highs, buoyed by solid results from Alphabet.
The Dow Jones ended at a 0.70% decrease to 44,693.91 points, compared to the highest level since the index’s inception in 1896, of 45,014.04 points, on December 4, 2024.
The Nasdaq, an index of high-tech companies, rose 0.18% to 21,057.96 points, achieving a new all-time high.
Today, attention will focus on the publication of the Ifo index in Germany, which may continue to improve due to fiscal stimulus announced (defense, infrastructure) and the prospect of a trade agreement between the European Union and the US, where preliminary data for June on durable goods orders will be released.
Brent crude, the benchmark oil in Europe for September delivery, is climbing to 69.72 dollars, from 69.18 dollars on Thursday.
West Texas Intermediate crude, the benchmark in the United States, also rose to 66.55 dollars, from 66.03 dollars, before the official market opening.
Gold per troy ounce, a safe-haven asset, depreciated to 3,357.92 dollars from 3,367.00 dollars on Thursday and the current all-time high of 3,432.34 dollars on June 13.
The yield on Germany’s 10-year bond rose to 2.741%, from 2.701%.
Bitcoin decreased by 2.87% to 115,372 dollars after reaching an all-time high of 120,280.72 dollars on July 14.
The euro fell to 1.1757 dollars in the Frankfurt foreign exchange market, from 1.1763 dollars on Thursday and a new high since September 15, 2021, of 1.1789 dollars on July 2.
