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On the commercial floor of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, traders are monitors in front of the display board showing the DAX curve on April 9, 2025.
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The European Bourses had a mixed start of the week on Monday, with the United Kingdom markets closed for a bank holiday as investors were looking forward to the latest economic data and corporate profits that are due this week.
The German DAX ended the session with 1.1% higher and Italy FTSE MIB was 0.4% higher while the French CAC 40 fell by 0.55%.
Santander On Monday, they announced that Austria in Erste Group Bank had acquired about 49% stake in Poland -based Santander Bank Polska and 50% of the Polish Asset Manager Santander TFI. The shares in Erste Group closed 8.2% higher.
Shark -shared assets in Amsterdam in Shell Meanwhile, they were 1.9% lower after Bloomberg reported The energy giant appreciated the potential acquisition of its rival BpS
“As we have said many times before we are sharply focused on capturing the value in Shell, we continue to focus on performance, discipline and simplification,” said a Shell spokesman in response to CNBC’s request for comment.
In the meantime meeting of Jean-Francois Falohar, former CEO of the telecommunications operator Orange, as his new CEO, which comes into force on June 1.
The data posted on Monday showed that Swiss inflation It fell to 0% in April compared to the same month earlier, as much as expected. Turkish inflation In the meantime, it increased by 3% in April, taking the annual rate to 37.86%.
Although it will be a quiet start to the profit front week, several large companies should be reported in the coming days, including Novo Nordisk, BMW, Maersk and Commerzbank.
Central banks across Europe will also be focused this week, such as the Risk Bank of Sweden, Norway of Norway and the Bank of England among those who declare their most interest rates.
Very much Asian markets They were also closed for a Monday holiday. Australian shares fell after Prime Minister Anthony Albanese won the victory as the first Prime Minister of the country of Securely second consecutive term in 21 years.
American stocks He fell Monday after a winning week, which saw the S&P 500 recorded his longest positive series of two decades. Commercial tensions and future transactions with the key partners of the United States continued to be first for investors, as well as the forthcoming interest rate decision from the Federal Reserve. The central bank is expected to maintain stable interest rates.