Europe is optimistic about the beginning of the session. Shell spends energy in anticipation of marginal losses
Europe was full of optimism and started the session in positive territory after finishing the session in the red on Wednesday. This week was particularly volatile as investors anticipated signs of tight central bank monetary policy going forward.
Stoxx 600 adds 0.39% to 400.45 points. Among the 20 sectors that make up the index, losses are controlled by energy. European stocks in this sector were tainted with bad news from Shell.
Shares of the London-listed oil company tumbled 3.93% after the company this Thursday expected refining margins to fall from $28/bbl in the second quarter to $15/bbl between July and September. On the other hand, travel, leisure and retail lead the way.
Elsewhere in Europe, Madrid added 0.33%, Frankfurt 0.52% and Paris 0.31%. Amsterdam is up 0.34%, while London is trading at the waterline (0.07%). Milan goes against the trend and loses 0.29%. Here PSI follows the trend and rises by 0.29%.
In a major market move, Credit Suisse rose 3.2% after JPMorgan Chase revised upwards its Hold recommendation. In turn, Imperial Brands shares rose 4.3% after announcing a share buyback program of up to £1bn (around €1.14bn at current exchange rates).
European equities are enjoying a particularly volatile start to the fourth quarter as investors weigh in on central bank monetary policy and a slowdown in macroeconomic data, while short sellers retreat after betting on a decline in Old Continent-listed securities. .
The banking sector, which is more sensitive to changes in interest rates, and technology, which mainly consists of growth stocks, which are more sensitive to changes in monetary policy, will be the sectors most followed by the market during the session, as the ECB publishes reports from the latest monetary policy meeting. – a credit policy on which direct interest rates were raised by 75 basis points as never before.
