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European financial markets are under strain as the air war in the Middle East revives concerns about an energy supply shock exacerbating inflation.
European stocks are set to open higher on Friday as traders awaited more earnings reports, and monitored tensions between the U.S. and Iran.
European stocks are expected to open in mixed territory on Thursday as investors await further earnings reports.
European stocks are expected to open lower on Tuesday as investors keep an eye on earnings.
European stocks are expected to open higher on Thursday as investors await another big batch of earnings reports.
ECB policymaker Jose Luis Escriva told Spanish radio station Cadena SER he expected interest rates to remain steady in the foreseeable future as inflation expectations were anchored around the institution's 2% inflation goal.
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A weaker dollar and increased imports of lower-priced goods could push inflation even lower than expected, persuading the European Central Bank to cut interest rates.
The European Central Bank meets next Thursday with policymakers relieved that the threat of fresh U.S. tariffs over President Donald Trump's demands to buy Greenland proved short-lived.
The iShares MSCI Netherlands ETF which focuses on 54 Dutch stocks, has generated impressive returns of 47% over the past year, which is twice as much as global stocks. With an individual weight of 26% of the portfolio, much of EWN's prospects revolves around ASML, and we ascertain what could drive sentiment towards and away from this stock. Netherlands' macro-outlook is mixed, with slowing GDP growth, weak consumer confidence, and export risks from potential US tariffs, although wage growth trends look encouraging.
European stocks are expected to open higher Tuesday, as a busy earnings week gathers pace.
Yields on eurozone government bonds were steady as bond markets remained calm after Trump backed off his threat to impose tariffs against European countries over Greenland.
The European Parliament narrowly voted on Wednesday to send the bloc's deal with Mercosur countries to the Court of Justice of the EU for a judicial review.
Joachim Nagel, president of the Bundesbank and a member of the ECB's Governing Council, tells CNBC's Karen Tso that potential U.S. trade tariffs on Europe could create a highly challenging scenario and force the ECB to rethink its monetary policy outlook for 2026.
The Stoxx Europe 600 index plummeted by about 1.3% in early trading as investors dumped export-heavy names exposed to the US market.
U.S. President Donald Trump suggested Friday that he may punish countries with tariffs if they don't back the U.S. controlling Greenland, a message that came as a bipartisan Congressional delegation sought to lower tensions in the Danish capital.
President Donald Trump said in a post on Turh Social on Saturday that he would impose a 10% tariff on eight NATO countries from Feb. 1.
US stock index futures plunge as Trump threatens 25% tariffs on Europe over Greenland. Nasdaq 100 erases 2026 gains, breaking key support levels.
Greenland's prime minister has said that the Arctic island would “stand firm on dialogue, on respect and on international law” in response to U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff threats. His comments come shortly after U.S. President Donald Trump pledged to impose 10% tariffs on eight European countries from Feb. 1 until the U.S. was allowed to buy Greenland.
PM says US tariffs are in no one's interests – and Greenland row should be resolved through ‘calm discussion'