European stock markets opened lower on Tuesday. Investors’ eyes are on the ECB’s interest rate meeting on Thursday.
Stock markets in Europe opened broadly lower on Tuesday. The broad STOXX Europe 600 index was down 0.2 percent. Real estate companies experienced the biggest decrease, with a decrease of 0.5 percent.
French IT company Atos said he would arrange his financing. As part of the arrangements, the company collects a total of approximately EUR 600 million from current shareholders and third parties. The company is supposed to lead a cyber security mission to Paris for the Olympics next summer. The French authorities have also said that they will protect the troubled company. On Monday, Atos’s share price rose by as much as 19 percent. After the start of trading on Tuesday, the company’s price was down 6.4 percent.
The Paris CAC 40 index was down 0.4 percent.
London’s FTSE 100 index was down 0.2 percent and Frankfurt’s DAX index was down 0.4 percent.
You look at the interest rate meeting
Investors’ eyes are on the European Central Bank’s interest rate meeting on Thursday. The interest rate is expected to remain at its previous level in connection with the April meeting, but investors are also following the central bank’s comments and signals about the schedule of future interest rate cuts.
Futures predict a cautious opening for the United States around Monday’s closing level. In America, investors are waiting for inflation figures to be published on Wednesday.