EUROPE MARKETS: Weaker Euro Sends European Stocks Higher As Exporters Rise
16 Gennaio 2018 - 6:37PM
Dow Jones News
By Carla Mozee and Sara Sjolin, MarketWatch
Hugo Boss sales impress
European stocks gained ground Tuesday, with a slide in the euro
giving a lift to exporters' shares. Gains for auto makers and
German fashion house Hugo Boss AG also helped drive the Stoxx
Europe 600 index higher.
How markets are moving?
The Stoxx Europe 600 index rose 0.1% to end at 398.35, inching
closer to its 2018 closing high of 400.11, logged on Jan. 9.
Germany's DAX 30 index gained 0.4% to 13,246.33 and France's CAC
40 ended up 0.1% at 5,513.82.
The U.K.'s FTSE 100 index ended down 0.2% at 7,755.93.
The euro bought $1.2231, down from $1.2264 late Monday in New
York.
What's driving markets?
Stocks were finding some relief in the euro's pullback, which
can make European exports cheaper for other currency holders and
more attractive for overseas buyers.
The shared currency edged back
(http://www.marketwatch.com/story/dollar-selloff-pauses-rebounds-from-3-year-low-2018-01-16)
from Monday's gain of 0.5% against the U.S. dollar, its fourth
session rise in a row that sent it to a three-year high against the
greenback. It advanced 2.7% over those sessions, according to WSJ
Market Data Group. The euro has scaled higher in recent sessions
after minutes from the European Central Bank's meeting in December
suggested there may be a hawkish shift in tone toward monetary
policy.
According to media reports
(https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-ecb-policy-hansson/ecb-could-end-bond-buys-in-one-go-after-sept-hansson-idUSKBN1F4256)
late Monday, Ardo Hansson, a member of the European Central Bank's
Governing Council, said the central bank could call a complete halt
to its bond buying after September. Speaking in an interview with
German newspaper Boersen-Zeitung, Hansson said if economic growth
and inflation remain in line with projections, it would be
"conceivable and also appropriate" to end the program.
European equities also tracked U.S. stock markets higher. The
Dow Jones Industrial Average surged above the 26,000
(http://www.marketwatch.com/story/dow-on-track-for-200-point-jump-putting-26000-within-reach-2018-01-16)
level for the first time ever, as quarterly earnings reports and
economic data continued to fuel optimism on Wall Street.
Which stocks were active?
Hugo Boss AG shares (BOSS.XE) climbed 3.7% after the German
apparel and accessories maker posted a 5% rise in preliminary
fourth-quarter sales
(http://www.marketwatch.com/story/hugo-boss-revenue-up-sees-earnings-on-track-2018-01-16)
to EUR735 million ($900 million), bolstered in part by double-digit
growth in the U.S.
Peugeot SA (UG.FR) tacked on 1.8% after the French auto maker
said it expects a 15% rise in global sales for 2017.
Continental AG (CON.XE) rose 1.1% after Reuters reported the
German auto components makers has hired J.P. Morgan to advise about
a possible breakup of the company
(https://www.reuters.com/article/us-continental-restructuring/germanys-continental-hires-jp-morgan-for-potential-break-up-sources-idUSKBN1F500U).
The report cited sources familiar with the matter.
Shares of German auto makers helped lift the DAX 30, with
Volkswagen AG (VOW.XE) (VOW.XE) and Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, or
BMW, (BMW.XE) rising 2.3% and 3.2%, respectively.
BP PLC (BP.LN) (BP.LN) fell 2.7% after the oil producer said it
expects to book a $1.7 billion charge
(http://www.marketwatch.com/story/bp-to-book-17-billion-deepwater-horizon-charge-2018-01-16-34853027)
in its 2017 fourth-quarter results for claims related to the 2010
Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
Shares of plastic packaging supplier RPC Group PLC (RPC.LN) and
car dealer Inchcape PLC (INCH.LN) dropped 4.4% and 2.3%,
respectively, following ratings downgrades to hold from buy at
Berenberg.
Associated British Foods (ABF.LN) (ABF.LN) picked up 2.2%
following a ratings upgrade to overweight from equal weight at
Barclays.
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
January 16, 2018 12:22 ET (17:22 GMT)
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