Paris (Reuters) – The main European scholarships are rather stable on Friday at the opening, in a context of uncertainty linked to Trump’s new pricing threats.
In Paris, the CAC 40 rises from 0.15% to 7,949.81 points around 8:16 GMT. The Dax in Frankfurt is strengthened by 0.15%, while the FTSE in London increased by 0.02%.
The pan -European FTSEUROFIRST 300 index takes 0.03%, the Eurostoxx 50 gains 0.09%and the Stoxx 600 increases by 0.14%.
Investors digest the climbing of global trade tensions while the risk of a “Shutdown” in the United States has faded overnight.
Thursday, Donald Trump threatened to impose 200% customs duties on imports of spirits and wines from the European Union in response to customs duties that the European Union will impose on 26 billion euros of American products from April.
If fears of recession in the United States increase, Europe seems to benefit from a positive general feeling thanks to the expected support of spending to support in particular the defense sector.
“Europe’s outperformance is maintained, but it is torn between the threat of customs tariffs and budget revival,” warned Barclays economists in a note.
At the values, Kering loses 10.4%, displaying the worst performance of the CAC 40, after having appointed Demna to the post of artistic director of his Gucci brand.
(Written by Bertrand de Meyer, edited by Augustin Turpin)
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