
Stoxx 600 at +0.6%. Utilities and technology push, government bond yields fall. Focus on the Middle East and Strait of Hormuz.
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Stock exchanges monitor American economic data and statements from central bankers.
European stock markets rise with attention to data on inflation and American economic growth. Meanwhile, expectations of a rate hike by the Fed are decreasing after Vice President John Williams declared that immediate intervention is not necessary. However, markets remain focused on developments in the conflict in the Middle East, with diplomatic efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
The Stoxx 600 rises by 0.6%. Madrid (+1.09%), London (+0.68%), Frankfurt (+0.37%) and Paris (+0.10%) are moving in positive territory. The main price lists are supported by utilities (+1.6%), with the price of gas rising. In Amsterdam, prices rose by 0.6% to 68.56 euros per megawatt hour.
The financial sector (+0.6%) and the technological sector (+0.3%) also rose, the latter following the dinner meeting between Trump and the major managers of companies involved in the artificial intelligence sector. Energy fell (-1.19%), with oil rising moderately. The WTI gains 0.1% to 89.48 dollars a barrel. Brent stood at 102.70 dollars (+0.1%).
Government bond yields are falling sharply. The spread between BTPs and Bunds stands at 97 points, with the Italian ten-year rate at 4.53% and the German one at 3.56 percent.

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