Low inflation in the region "euro" European stocks stabilized and gold and oil prices declined
Capitals, January 7, 2017 – European stocks closed little changed today, ending a series of record closings, while oil prices declined. In London, shares fell
Shell and BP fell by more than three percent each, causing the broader energy sub-index in Europe to decline by 2.2 percent. The European STOXX 600 index closed stable at 604.99 points, one day after recording a record high level at the close.
Inflation in the euro zone fell to two percent last month, concluding a quiet year for prices across the bloc.
Bank stocks lost 1.7 percent, being the biggest impediment to the index’s performance. The benchmark index in Germany rose 0.92 percent, while it fell
The index in Spain is 0.29 percent and the index in Italy is 0.43 percent. The three indices recorded their highest levels ever on the day
Previous: Data in France showed a rise in consumer confidence in December, and the French CAC 40 index changed little.
Thales shares rose to the highest level in more than two months after CoviView and Blue All Capital agreed to acquire the company’s sites.
French Defense for about 500 million euros. The stock closed up 8.3 percent.
The shares of ASML, a maker of electronic chip equipment, fell approximately 1 percent, ending a series of gains that lasted six years.
days, the longest since November. On Wall Street, the main indices opened with a slight move, after a rise driven by…
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49512.72 points. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index fell 0.3 points to 6945.07, while the Nasdaq Composite index fell 2.3 points, or
0.01 percent, to 23,544.894 points. With regard to gold, its prices fell by more than one percent today as investors began to reap
Earnings rose after a recent rally, but it pared some of its losses following December private sector job growth in the United States
Less than expected. The price of gold in spot transactions fell one percent to $4452.97 per ounce by 1456 local time.
Greenwich. The price of gold fell 1.5 percent to $4,427.39 earlier in the session.
Gold rose in spot transactions by 64.4 percent at the end of 2025, recording the largest annual gain since 1979.
US gold futures for February delivery fell 0.8 percent to $4,459.
Official data revealed that the Chinese Central Bank increased its purchases of gold for the fourteenth consecutive month in December.
As for other precious metals, the price of silver in spot transactions fell 4.6 percent to $77.55 per ounce.
The price of platinum in spot transactions fell by 6.4 percent to
$2288.15 per ounce, and palladium fell 6.1 percent to $1710.69 per ounce.
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