After an over-excited open the European markets calmed down somewhat this Tuesday, with the DAX pulling back from its all-time highs.
Despite the pound and euro being down against the dollar following the ending of the US government shutdown the European indices struggled to maintain their peak gains. The FTSE only managed to eke out a 0.1% rise, ignoring the 4.5% jump seen by easyJet (LON:EZJ), the far better than forecast public sector net borrowing number and sterling’s dip to focus on the chunky losses over in the mining sector.
The CAC meanwhile, previously up half a percent, actually fell into the red by a handful of points. Only the DAX kept the party going, and even then its growth shrank from 130 points to just shy of 90, the index losing sight of 13600 after a very strong pair of German and Eurozone-wide ZEW economic sentiment readings saw the euro climb 0.2% against the pound.
As for the Dow Jones, the futures have the index dipping 50 points after the bell, dragging it away from last night’s fresh peak. How the Dow ends up doing this afternoon may be down to those companies reporting before the bell, including Verizon (NYSE:VZ), Procter & Gamble (NYSE:PG), Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) and Travellers (PS:RWM).
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