FGM - European shares inch up amid tensions in the Middle East

2023-10-16 03:50:02 ET

London +0.2%

Germany +0.02% Germany September wholesale price index +0.2% vs +0.2% m/m prior

France +0.10%

The pan-European Stoxx 600 ( STOXX ) ticked up 0.13% at the start of the week with most sectors trading in positive territory despite the ongoing turmoil in the Middle East. Mining stocks led the pack, while utilities inched lower. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is scheduled to deliver a speech on Oct. 19, which will be scanned by investors globally along with a host of economic figures such as U.S. retail sales and industrial production data.

Coming up in the session: No major events lined up today.

In the bond market, the U.S. 10-year Treasury yield was up 5 basis points to 4.68%.

Germany's 10-year yield was up 5 basis point to 2.78%.

U.K.'s 10-year yield was up less than 1 basis point to 4.44%.

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ETFs: ( EWG ), ( GF ), ( EWI ), ( EWQ ), ( EWGS ), ( FGM ), ( DBGR ), ( DXGE ), ( HEWG ), ( DAX ), ( FLFR ), ( FLGR ), ( FLIY ), ( FXB ), ( EWU ), ( FKU ), ( EWUS ), ( HEWU ), ( FLGB ), ( GREK )

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