Stock market: Europe in decline, oil and gas are running high

European stock markets are falling as fears grow over a new leap in inflation due to the increase in energy raw material prices.

The markets are also affected by doubts about the stability of investments in artificial intelligence and data centers. In Germany, German investors' expectations fell more than expected. On the currency front, the euro is little moved at 1.1215 against the dollar.

The Stoxx 600 index lost 0.7%. Frankfurt (-1%), Paris (-0.7%), London (-0.6%), Madrid (-0.3%) fell. The price lists are weighed down by the technology sector (-2.1%). The financial sector was also bad, where banks lost 1.3% and insurance companies lost 0.22%. Utilities rose slightly (+0.2%), with the price of gas increasing. In Amsterdam, prices recorded an increase of 1.6% to 89.50 euros per megawatt hour.

Energy rises with the rise in oil prices. The WTI gains 4.1% to 107.96 dollars and Brent rises to 111.27 dollars (+1.6%).

Government bond yields showed little change. The spread between BTPs and Bunds rises to 114 points, with the Italian 10-year rate at 4.36% and the German one at 3.42%. The French ten-year bond stood at 4.94 percent. The price of gold fell by 1.2% to 4,120 dollars an ounce.