EUROPE MARKETS: Europe Stocks Edge Lower In First Reaction To Fed Minutes
August 22 2019 - 2:50AM
Dow Jones News
By Steve Goldstein, MarketWatch
European stocks drifted lower on Thursday, after indications
that the Federal Reserve last month wasn't aggressively looking to
cut interest rates.
Down 2.6% for August heading into the day, the Stoxx Europe 600
weakened 0.26% to 374.81.
The German DAX dropped 0.18% to 11781.29, the French CAC 40 fell
0.31% to 5418.68 and the U.K. FTSE 100 fell 0.3% to 7182.04,
Minutes from the Federal Open Market Committee's last meeting,
released after European stock markets had closed on Wednesday,
showed the central bankers
(http://www.marketwatch.com/story/fed-officials-shied-away-in-july-from-planning-future-interest-rate-cuts-2019-08-21)
generally favored an approach "that avoided any appearance of
following a preset course." Traders will now look to the key
Jackson Hole conference and the speech from Federal Reserve
Chairman Jerome Powell on Friday for interest-rate direction from
the world's largest economy.
After a 240-point surge for the Dow Jones Industrial Average on
Wednesday, U.S. stock futures showed little movement.
In Europe, IHS Markit reported that flash French manufacturing
PMI reached a 2-month high and that services PMI rose to a 9-month
high in August, while German manufacturing PMI inched up to a
2-month high, with services PMI falling to a 7-month low.
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
August 22, 2019 03:35 ET (07:35 GMT)
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