Uneven closing for European stock markets in a day without incentives for the markets

The main European stock markets closed this Wednesday with a mixed sign, in a day without relevant macro news for the markets, and awaiting inflation data from the United States (US), which will be published tomorrow.

The places that rose were Milan, 0.14%, Madrid 0.07% and Frankfurt 0.01%, while London fell 0.42% and Paris 0.01%.

The Eurostoxx 50, an index that groups together the companies with the highest stock market value listed in the euro zone, rose 0.04%, according to market data consulted by EFE.

In the absence of notable macroeconomic news for the markets, the European stock markets have navigated aimlessly during the day, awaiting the most important data of the week, the United States Consumer Price Index (CPI), which will be published Thursday.

In the US, Wall Street opened the day with widespread gains, a trend that continued at the close of the European stock markets: the Dow Jones rose 0.13%, the S&P 500 0.11% and the Nasdaq 0.31%. %

In Asia, the Nikkei in Tokyo rose 2.01% and reached 34-year highs by surpassing the barrier of 34,000 points, while the CSI 300 registered losses of 0.47% and the Hang Seng in Hong Kong fell by 0.57%.

Gold fell at the end of the session in Europe by around 0.25%, to $2,025, and bitcoin rose 0.33%, to $45,578.

A barrel of Brent, Europe’s benchmark oil, fell around 0.39% to $77.29.

The euro appreciated against the dollar by about 0.25% until it was exchanged at 1.0959 units.

In the debt market, the yield on the German bond, considered the safest, rose 2.4 basis points and stood at 2.209%, the level of mid-December last year.