STOCK EXCHANGE: Trading on European stock exchanges continued to be sluggish

In Europe, the main stock exchanges were closed for three days, but trading is going on as normal again today. In most exchanges, the last day of the year and the first day of the following year are also market-free.

During the intervening days, there are no macroeconomic figures from Europe of interest to investors, and exchanges are usually thin as well.

On Friday, Germany’s Dax was down 0.2 percent at the stock market opening. France’s CAC 40 was at the beginning of the week and Britain’s FTSE 100 was down 0.3 percent.

The broad Euro Stoxx 600 was down 0.1 percent. Since the beginning of the year, the index has produced quite modestly, just over five percent. At the same time, the S&P 500 in the United States has risen by more than 27 percent.

Within the broad European index, oil companies were on the rise. For example, Norway Equinor kiri 2.5 percent. A Dane who skied briskly last week Novo Nordisk was up by 2.2 percent.