Previous close | 6,544.67 |
Open | 6,553.24 |
Volume |
Day's range | 6,550.68 - 6,586.06 |
52-week range | 5,756.38 - 7,384.86 |
Avg. volume | 77,862,824 |
European stock markets are expected to open in a subdued manner Friday amid uncertainty of the extent of future Federal Reserve tightening as well as the release of U.K. growth data. At 02:00 ET (06:00 GMT), the DAX futures contract in Germany traded 0.1% higher, CAC 40 futures in France climbed 0.1%, and the FTSE 100 futures contract in the U.K. rose 0.1%. This followed Wednesday’s weaker-than-expected consumer price index, and raised expectations that the Fed would hike rates by a less aggressive 50 basis points in September instead of the 75 basis points that had been expected earlier in the week.
Siemens (ETR:SIEGn) reported better-than-expected revenues for its third quarter on Thursday, but a writedown at Siemens Energy pushed the engineering and technology group into the red for the first time in nearly 12 years.