The big European stock markets open with moderate gains

The large European stock markets have opened higher this Thursday, waiting for the official US employment report to be released tomorrow, at a time when investors are analyzing whether the US labor market is deteriorating.

After the opening of the session, Milan is the most bullish market, with a revaluation of 0.75%, while London advances 0.50%; Madrid, 0.28%; Paris, 0.23%, and Frankfurt, 0.22%.

The Euro Stoxx 50 index, which groups the largest listed companies, adds 0.15%.

The European stock markets trade with slight advances in what will be the last day of the week, since tomorrow, the market will remain closed for the Good Friday holiday.

The next day 10, Easter Monday, the European places will not operate either, so they will not return to their activity until next Tuesday.

In today’s session, investors will be very aware of the initial unemployment claims in the US, a prelude to the official employment report that will be released tomorrow

A relevant piece of information after the latest known macroeconomic indicators in the US have shown a worsening.

In this context, the futures on the main indicators of Wall Street point to an opening with slight losses this Thursday.

The euro is trading higher today, at US$ 1.09, while the price of Brent crude, the benchmark in Europe, falls 0.42%, to US$ 84.65.

The yield on German debt, considered the safest in Europe, reaches 2.152%.

Gold falls 0.17%, although its price remains above US$2,000 per ounce (US$2,017.36).