European stocks moved lower
2022.12.29 08:30
European stocks moved lower
Budrigannews.com – As a result of rising COVID cases in China, global markets’ risk appetite decreased on Thursday, the penultimate session of 2022, when European shares dipped a little bit.
The entire region saw a 0.2% decrease. It has decreased by 12.5% thus far this year.
Since rising infections have dimmed hopes of a quick recovery in the world’s second-largest economy, global markets are nervous about Beijing’s move to further relax COVID restrictions after a brief jump this week.
New travel regulations were imposed on Chinese visitors by the United States, India, Italy, Taiwan, and Japan due to concerns about official data and the scale of the outbreak. To coordinate the bloc’s response, the Health Security Committee of the European Union convened an urgent meeting in Brussels.
China-exposed luxury companies like Richemont, owner of Cartier, and the French group Kering (EPA:) decreased by 0.9% and 3%, respectively.
Energy stocks fell 0.8 percent and miners fell 0.4 percent as concerns about a recovery in demand in China’s top consumer drove down crude and base metal prices.
Buyer staples like Diageo (LON:) as well as Unilever each fell 0.8%
Derren Nathan, head of equity research at Hargreaves Lansdown, stated, “Not sure consumers in Europe have yet felt the full impact of inflation, so there could be more pain to come, and it may be harder for big brands to keep putting price rises through.”
Retail sales in Spain increased by 1.0% in October, but fell by 0.6% in November compared to the previous year, according to data. Stocks in Spain fell by 0.3%.
According to the Federation of German Wholesale and Foreign Trade (BGA), exporters in Germany, the largest economy in Europe, have modest hopes for the coming year. They anticipate issues with major Chinese customers due to rising COVID cases and rising prices making U.S. buyers cautious.
Antofagasta Miner (LON:) slid 1.3% as a result of a blockade affecting its Los Pelambres operation in the Coquimbo region of Chile.
The detention by French authorities of its controlling shareholder, billionaire Kostyantyn Zhevago, caused Ferrexpo to drop 0.7%. The producer of iron pellets claimed that the detention had nothing to do with the company.
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Companies like Nestle SA were impacted by a Wednesday report that said tariffs would be imposed on imported baby formula once more after exemptions expired (SIX:). and Reckitt Benckiser, whose emergency supplies were shipped in millions of cans. Their respective shares lost nearly 1%.
In the meantime, a decrease in the yields on government bonds from the Euro Area helped the rate-sensitive tech sector rise.
