PARIS/LONDON (dpa-AFX) – The few European stock exchanges that were open went into the Christmas break little changed on Wednesday. The Eurozone index EuroStoxx 50 fell by 0.08 percent to 5,791.41 points. In 2025, the index increased by a good 18 percent, making a profit for the third year in a row.
In Paris, the CAC 40 ended 0.23 percent lower at 8,149.50 points on Wednesday. The index has increased by more than ten percent since the beginning of the year. Outside the euro zone, Britain’s FTSE 100 closed 0.09 percent lower at 9,913.38 points. However, in 2025 it increased by more than a fifth, making it the best year since 2009.
The stock exchanges in Frankfurt, Zurich and Vienna, among others, had their last trading day before the turn of the year on Tuesday. No market-moving economic data or company reports were published on Wednesday./he