PARIS/LONDON (dpa-AFX) – On Monday, Europe’s stock markets continued the stabilization that began at the end of last week. However, investors did not want to take too much risk ahead of the US inflation data due later this week and the interest rate decision by the European Central Bank (ECB). The early, clearer gains therefore diminished somewhat by the close of trading.
The EuroStoxx 50 (EURO STOXX 50) ended the day with an increase of 0.40 percent to 4254.33 points. The Euroregion’s leading index had already risen slightly on Friday in line with the stabilized US stock exchanges, thus ending a weak week in a somewhat conciliatory manner. The situation was similar for the French CAC 40, which rose by a further 0.52 percent to 7278.27 points on Monday. The British FTSE 100 advanced by 0.25 percent to 7496.87 points./ck/nas