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Europe Market Wrap 4 September: The Board Barely Moves as the US Jobs Shock Lands After Lunch
Europe's afternoon belonged to an American number, and the board ended the week refusing to be moved by it. 7 of the 12 benchmarks tracked here closed higher on Friday, on our count, with Amsterdam's…
Read more →Europe Market Wrap 3 September: The IBEX Closes on 20,000 as the Bond Rout Pauses
Madrid's IBEX 35 ended Thursday at 20,000.20, its high of the day to the decimal, and 11 of the 12 European benchmarks…
Read more →Europe Market Wrap 2 September: Shares fall for a second day but the average decline halves as the bund yield hits its highest since 2011
European equities fell for a second consecutive session on Wednesday 2 September 2026, with 10 of the 12 indices on this board…
Read more →Europe Market Wrap 1 September: DAX falls 1.10 percent as euro area inflation rises to 3.3 percent and energy inflation reaches 14.3 percent
European equities fell broadly on Tuesday, with 10 of the 12 indices on this board lower and the DAX down 1.10 percent…
Read more →Europe Market Wrap 31 August: DAX falls 1.17 percent as 10 of 11 indices decline with London shut
The London Stock Exchange did not open on Monday, closed for the Summer Bank Holiday, and of the 11 European indices that…
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Europe Market Wrap 28 August: all 12 European indices rise as autos gain 2.48 percent
Every one of the 12 European benchmarks in this wrap closed higher on Friday, on our calculation, led by the CAC 40…
Read more →Europe Market Wrap 27 August: Nvidia Lifts Technology as French Budget Concerns Hit Banks and the CAC 40
Twelve of the fourteen European benchmarks The Edge tracks finished lower on Thursday. Germany's DAX and Finland's OMX Helsinki were the only…
Read more →Europe Market Wrap 26 August: Stoxx 600 Flat as Banks Lead and Technology Falls
The Stoxx Europe 600 closed on Wednesday at 656.64, up 0.02 percent, a move of 0.16 of a point from Tuesday's 656.48.…
Read more →Europe Market Wrap 25 August: German Data Beat Lifts the DAX as Sector Leadership Turns Over
The Stoxx Europe 600 rose 0.35 percent to 656.48 on Tuesday, but the benchmark's modest gain is the least interesting number of…
Read more →Europe Market Wrap 24 August: A Flat Stoxx 600 Hides a Three-Point Sector Split
The Stoxx Europe 600 closed unchanged at 654.21 on Monday, up 0.03 of a point from Friday's 654.18, a headline that conceals…
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