European stock markets down, pending final April inflation data
The main European stock markets were down today, on a day when investors are awaiting the final value of inflation in the eurozone in April.
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At 08:50 in Lisbon, the EuroStoxx 600 was down 0.20% to 522.55 points.
The London, Paris and Frankfurt stock exchanges were down 0.09%, 0.33% and 0.34%, while the Milan stock exchange was down 0.07%.
Madrid was the exception, as it rose 0.08%.
After opening higher, the Lisbon stock exchange maintained the trend, with the main index, the PSI, up 0.44% to 6,951.05 points at 08:50.
Wall Street also closed in the red, although before the end of the session, the main indicator, the Dow Jones Industrials, surpassed the 40,000-point barrier for the first time in its history.
The Dow Jones ended down 0.10% to 39,869.38 points, against 39,908.00 points on May 15, a new high since its creation in 1986, and the Nasdaq down 0.26% to 16,698.32 points, against the high of 16,742.39 points also seen on May 15.
In Asia, the trend was mixed this morning. Positive data on industrial production in China were released, which grew 6.7% year-on-year in April, although retail sales slowed and fell short of market expectations.
The barrel of Brent oil for delivery in July opened higher today, trading at $83.84 on the Intercontinental Exchange Futures (ICE) in London, against $83.27 on Thursday.
At the exchange rate level, the euro opened lower on the Frankfurt exchange market, but was trading at $1.0867, against $1.0873 in the previous session.
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