European Stocks Close Mostly Lower After Cautious Session

RTTNews | 15小时34分钟前

(RTTNews) - European stocks closed mostly weak on Monday amid geopolitical tensions, and the Trump administration's announcement of sweeping changes to the H-1B visa regime. Profit warnings by a few major auto companies weighed as well.

The mood remained cautious with investors awaiting some key data, including reports on manufacturing and services sector activity in major European economies, and a reading on U.S. inflation.

The pan European Stoxx 600 ended 0.1% down. Germany's DAX closed down by 0.67%, and France's CAC 40 drifted down 0.2%, while the U.K.'s FTSE 100 edged up 0.13%. Switzerland's SMI closed 0.14% up.

Among other markets in Europe, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Russia and Spain ended weak.

Austria, Czech Republic, Greece, Portugal and Turkiye closed higher. Belgium, Netherlands, Poland and Sweden ended flat.

In the UK market, Diageo, Haleon, Coca-Cola Europacific Partners, M&G, Unilever, Smith & Nephew, British American Tobacco, Croda International, Barratt Redrow and Easyjet closed down by 1% to 2%.

Miners had a good session as metal prices rose to record highs. Endeavour Mining surged nearly 7%. Fresnillo climbed about 4.5%. Rio Tinto, Glencore and Antofagasta gained 2.1%, 2%, and 1.6%, respectively.

St. James's Place climbed nearly 3%. AstraZeneca, Airtel Africa, 3i Group, Polar Capital Technology Trust and Hikma Pharmaceuticals climbed 1% to 2%.

In the German market, Volkswagen lost about 7% after the company adjusted its 2025 forecast.

Porsche Automobil Holding closed lower by about 8% after dialing back plans for its electric vehicle rollout due to weaker demand.

Brenntag, Commerzbank, Deutsche Post, Deutsche Telekom, BASF, Mercedes-Benz, Heidelberg Materials, Daimler Truck Holding and SAP lost 1 to 2%.

GEA Group and Scout24 SE, the two new entrants to the DAX fold, gained about 2.5% each. RWE also ended nearly 2.5% up.

Siemens Energy, MTU Aero Engines, Merck, Rheinmetall and Zalando also closed on firm note.

In the French market, Teleperformance, Pernod Ricard, Stellantis, Accor, L'Oreal, Capgemini, Carrefour, Danone, Renault and Michelin declined sharply.

Safran gained about 1% after the company announced plans to purchase to €500 million of its own shares between September 22 and December 5 under an existing buyback program authorized in May.

Engie, STMicroElectronics, Thales, Legrand and Veolia Environment gained 0.7 to 1.6%.

Asian Shares Mixed In Cautious Trade

Asian stocks ended mixed on Tuesday, with Japanese markets closed for a public holiday and Hong Kong preparing for Typhoon Ragasa, which is expected to pass the city in the next 24 hours.

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RTTNews | 5小时34分钟前

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RTTNews | 5小时59分钟前

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RTTNews | 6小时30分钟前

Higher Open Called For Thai Stock Market

The Thai stock market has moved lower in four straight sessions, shedding more than 25 points or 1.9 percent along the way. The Stock Exchange of Thailand now sits just above the 1,280-point plateau although it's due for support on Tuesday. The global forecast for the Asian markets continued to be mildly positive on optimism over the outlook for interest rates. The European markets were mixed and the U.S. bourses were up and the Asian markets figure to split the difference. The SET finished modestly lower on Monday following losses from the food, finance, industrial, property, resource, service and technology sectors. For the day, the index lost 10.18 points or 0.79 percent to finish at the daily low of 1,282.54 after peaking at 1,296.42. Volume was 8.171 billion shares worth 31.595 billion baht. There were 356 decliners and 128 gainers, with 167 stocks finishing unchanged. Among the actives, Advanced Info lost 0.68 percent, while Thailand Airport crashed 0.64 percent, Asset World sank 0.83 percent, Banpu plunged 2.48 percent, Bangkok Bank collected 0.68 percent, Bangkok Expressway eased 0.97 percent, BTS Group gave up 1.24 percent, CP All Public dipped 0.52 percent, Charoen Pokphand Foods dropped 0.86 percent, Energy Absolute declined 1.64 percent, Gulf weakened 1.63 percent, Kasikornbank and PTT Global Chemical both slumped 0.91 percent, Krung Thai Bank skidded 0.99 percent, Krung Thai Card retreated 1.64 percent, PTT Oil & Retail fell 0.72 percent, PTT slid 0.75 percent, PTT Exploration and Production was down 0.87 percent, SCG Packaging tanked 2.69 percent, Siam Commercial Bank added 0.40 percent, Siam Concrete tumbled 1.77 percent, Thai Oil plummeted 2.70 percent, True Corporation contracted 0.93 percent, TTB Bank shed 0.53 percent and B. Grimm and Bangkok Dusit Medical were unchanged.

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