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TEHRAN, September 26 - European shares held their ground on Wednesday morning, following limited gains on Asian stock markets and before a widely expected rate hike by the U.S. Federal Reserve.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) -European shares held their ground on Wednesday morning, following limited gains on Asian stock markets and before a widely expected rate hike by the U.S. Federal Reserve.
The pan-European STOXX 600 was down 0.01 percent by 0843 GMT after rising during the previous session, with energy stocks buoyed by Brent crude prices at four-year highs.
London's FTSE 100 .FTSE was down 0.03 percent, Paris' CAC 40 .FCHI up 0.09 percent and Frankfurt's DAX .GDAXI down 0.15 percent.
“I don’t expect much to be happening before the Fed,” said Harry Scheper, managing director at ABR in Amsterdam, noting that volumes were low, as they typically are ahead of U.S. rate decisions.
News that carmakers had triggered some Brexit contingency plans in Britain were weighing on the automobile sector .SXAP which, with a 1.1 percent fall, was sustaining the heaviest losses.
Source:Reuters
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