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Market Report - Europe Close
30 Jun
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Europe close: Stocks end month on a down note

European shares finished June on a down note after warnings from central bankers over the preceding days that inflation would be more persistent than originally thought, sparking fears of a recession.

29 Jun
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Europe close: Stocks, bonds and euro all lower

European shares extended losses on Wednesday, alongside a retreat in euro area government bond yields and for the single currency itself, as the heads of the US Federal Reserve, European Central Bank and Bank of England all sounded a somewhat hawkish note.

28 Jun
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Europe close: Stocks end off best levels, miners pace gains

European stocks were uniformly higher on Tuesday but ended the session off their best levels of the day as early gains on Wall Street evaporated.

27 Jun
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Europe close: Stocks end mixed with US price data, Fed in focus

European shares finished Monday's session on a mixed note as a positive close on Wall Street on Friday and the easing of Covid-19 restrictions in China lifted sentiment.

24 Jun
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Europe close: Stocks mostly higher for the week on bargain hunting

European shares jumped on Friday with investors hunting for bargains, although Italian oilfield services outfit Saipem crashed after warning that it needed to raise cash urgently.

23 Jun
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Europe close: Economic fears hit stocks, bolster government bonds

European markets finished near their session lows on Thursday after the release of a spate of weaker-than-expected Purchasing Managers' Indices for euro area factory and services activity.

22 Jun
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Europe close: Stocks end lower on recession concerns

European shares turned sharply lower on Wednesday after two days of gains, as a fall in oil and metal prices and another rise in UK inflation hit investor sentiment.

20 Jun
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Europe close: Stocks start week on front foot but analysts cautious

European stocks put in slight gains at the start of the week with investors eyeing the latest election results in France and Spain.

17 Jun
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Europe close: Stocks end on mixed note after bruising week

European stocks gave back some of their early gains on Friday to finish on a mixed note after a bruising week of selling following rate rises in the US, UK and Switzerland in response to inflationary worries.

16 Jun
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Europe close: Stocks reel as central banks tighten; SNB surprises with 50bp move

European stocks slumped by more than 2% at midday on Thursday as inflationary fears gripped the market as the Bank of England lifted its benchmark rate in a bid to combat spiralling inflation, as expected, but with Swiss National Bank surprising with a 50bp hike in short-term rates.

15 Jun
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Europe close: Stocks end higher ahead of Fed decision as ECB is moved to action

European stocks moved higher on Wednesday following news of an emergency meeting of the European Central Bank's rate-setting Governing Council later in the day in response to the turmoil in euro area government bond markets.

14 Jun
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Europe close: Stocks slip heading into Fed rate decision

European shares slumped on Tuesday despite the release of in-line wholesale inflation data in the States, as traders stayed on the sidelines ahead of a potentially key US central bank meeting.

13 Jun
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Europe close: Stocks suffer sharp drop due to possibility of surprise 75bp Fed rate hike

European stocks suffered heavy losses again on Monday with the major indices falling by well over 2% as investors digested the prospect of faster interest rate hikes, particularly in the US, and the ensuing pressure on euro area public debt.

10 Jun
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Europe close: Stocks drop after US CPI data and amid bond spread jitters

European shares were walloped again on Friday as a hotter-than-expected print for US consumer price inflation added to the pressure in rates markets from euro area 'fragmentation' fears that were already doing the rounds.

09 Jun
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Europe close: Stocks slip after ECB signals slightly more hawkish than expected policy tightening

European shares slumped as investors digested the European Central Bank's plans for interest rate hikes and an end to asset purchases.

08 Jun
Europe close: Stocks slip as OECD warns on costs of war in Ukraine

European stocks extended losses on Wednesday after the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development warned of the economic costs for the world economy of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

07 Jun
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Europe close: Stocks slip heading into ECB meeting

European shares finished lower on Tuesday after Australia’s Reserve Bank lifted interest rates again and the future of the UK government remained in doubt after a less-than-convincing confidence vote win by Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

06 Jun
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Europe close: Stocks push higher, inflation and rates still in focus

European shares extended gains at the start of the week higher even as investors eyed a no-confidence vote in UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday night along with US inflation data and European Central Bank minutes later in the week.

01 Jun
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Europe close: Stocks slip amid weak economic data, inflation worries

European stocks slipped into the red after eurozone manufacturing data showed growth fell to an 18-month low in May, with orders down for the first time in nearly two years amid inflationary pressures.