Dow Jones-the European stock markets are expanding the profits by Monday afternoon. The fact that France’s creditworthiness was reduced by the rating agency FITCH to Aa- from A+ does not burden. According to market participants, the step did not come as a surprise. The lack of budget consolidation and the resulting further increase in public debt did not remain without consequences for creditworthiness, commented on chief economist Thomas Gitzel from VP Bank. Fitch expects a further increasing public debt and sees only low chances of success for economic reforms. However, the rating agency S&P has meanwhile increased the creditworthiness of Spain and Portugal, which on the stock exchanges has met with a positive echo and also supports the euro.
The DAX increases 0.6 percent to 23,836 points, the Euro Stoxx-50 is 0.9 percent more firmly at 5,441 points. The Paris guiding index CAC-40 even increases by 1.3 percent. The courses also rise on the French bond markets, so the returns fall – a sign of relaxation. At the foreign exchange market, the euro advances to $ 1.1758.
The focus in the new week is the central banks, specifically the US Federal Reserve, the Bank of England and the Bank of Japan. In the United States, 25 basis points will be expected to reduce the key interest rates on Wednesday. According to DZ Bank’s foreign exchange strategists, the Fed must prove tact, because it is about finding the right balance between an economically justified monetary policy and the demonstration of its political independence. In the meantime, in the later course Stephen Miran, the green light is to be given for a place in the Fed Gouveerneurrat and Adriana Kugler, who resigned a few weeks ago. He is considered an advocate of Trump’s economic policy, which demands vigorously strong interest rate cuts.
Luxury stocks are well in the market. The LVMH share is 2.4 percent up. The French group is the favorite for the acquisition of a minority stake in Armani. According to analysts, the potential buyers of Essilorluxottica and L’Oreal, which was also named by the recently deceased founder Giorgio Armani, should only be of little interest in starting.
Novo Nordisk start with an increase of 2 percent a week. The results of a clinical study II study on the active ingredient Semaglutide, which is used in the Wegovy decrease, have a supportive effect. According to the study, the weight loss of the patients increased to 7.2 mg to 19 out of 16 percent if the dosage was tripled. So far, however, a maximum dosage of 2.4 mg has been approved.
Astrazeneca has put the expansion of a research site in Great Britain on hold. The group wanted to invest £ 200 in the location. For the stock, the London stock exchange then goes down by 2.3 percent.
Rubis, on the other hand, increase by 8.9 percent on the Paris stock exchange. As Bloomberg writes with reference to circles, CVC Capital Partners and Trafigura Group should consider taking over takeover for the energy dealer.
The armor values are again sought in Europe. For Dassault Aviation, it goes up 3.7 percent. Press reports are driving here that India will increase his fleet of Rafale jets. The supplier Thales share gains 3.5 percent. Losers are the Swedish Saab, which should not come to the train with their fighter plane. Accordingly, they fall by 2.4 percent. Meanwhile, Rheinmetall takes over the Lürssen Group and thus gives itself a mainstay in naval shipbuilding. According to the Jefferies analysts, the area of double-digit margins generates and wants to achieve a margin in the middle ten-in-cheers in the long term. Rheinmetall win 1.6 percent.
RTL goes up by 7.5 percent. Here the conditions of the share buyback are well received. The price is 37.85 euros at the top end of the range. The buyback at RTL is used to take over Sky Germany. RTL had previously specified the purchase range with 30.85 to 37.85 euros.
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Index last +/- % absolutely +/- % ytd
Euro-stoxx-50 5.441.49 +0.9% 50.78 +10.1%
STOXX-50 4,591.82 +0.5% 24.26 +6.0%
DAX 23,836.14 +0.6% 137.99 +19.0%
MDAX 30,567.12 +1.3% 391.96 +17.9%
TECDAX 3,596.15 +0.9% 31.73 +4.3%
SDAX 16,788.13 +1.4% 226.30 +20.8%
CAC 7.928.38 +1.3% 103.14 +6.0%
SMI 12,200.07 +0.1% 6.21 +5.1%
ATX 4,655.93 +0.2% 7.94 +26.9%
Foreigners last +/- % 0:00 Thu, 5:06 pm % YTD
EUR/USD 1.1758 +0.2% 1.1731 1.1730 +13.3%
EUR/JPY 173.37 +0.1% 173.22 172.73 +6.4%
EUR/CHF 0.9350 +0.0% 0.9346 0.9339 -0.4%
EUR/GBP 0.8639 -0.2% 0.8654 0.8653 +4.5%
USD/JPY 147.45 -0.1% 147.65 147.25 -6.0%
GBP/USD 1.3611 +0.4% 1.3555 1.3556 +8.3%
USD/CNY 7.0956 -0.0% 7.0974 7.0938 -1.6%
USD/CNH 7.1233 -0.0% 7.1249 7.1173 -2.9%
From/USD 0.6658 +0.2% 0.6648 0.6647 +7.5%
Bitcoin/USD 115,85 -0.8% 116,057.85 114,546.90 +22.5%
Row oil last VT-Settlem. +/- % +/- USD % YTD
WTI/Nymex 62.83 62.69 +0.2% 0.14 -12.9%
Brent/ICE 67.07 66.99 +0.1% 0.08 -10.6%
Metals last the last day +/- % +/- USD % YTD
Gold 3,645.91 3,643.21 +0.1% 2.70 +38.8%
Silver 42.24 42.20 +0.1% 0.03 +46.2%
Platin 1,189.64 1,192.20 -0.2% -2.56 +36.1%
Copper 4.66 4.65 +0.2% 0.01 +13.4%
YTD based on the final score of the previous day
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September 15, 2025 07:55 ET (11:55 GMT)