EUROPE MARKETS: European Stocks Close Lower, Shaken By Reports Flynn With Testify About Trump
2017年12月2日 - 2:23AM
Dow Jones News
By Carla Mozee and Sara Sjolin, MarketWatch
Eurozone manufacturing PMI advances in November
Stocks across Europe finished lower on Friday, after a
late-session slump on reports former U.S. national security adviser
will testify about President Donald Trump.
Markets had already opened in negative territory after U.S.
lawmakers had trouble passing a long-awaited tax bill and pushed
the vote back to Friday.
What markets are doing: The Stoxx Europe 600 ended 0.7% lower at
383.97, closing out the week with 0.7% loss.
Germany's DAX 30 index slumped 1.3% to 12,861.49, and France's
CAC 40 gave up 1% to 5,316.89. The indexes ended with weekly losses
of 1.5% and 1.4%, respectively.
The U.K.'s FTSE 100 fell 0.4% to 7,300.49, losing 1.5% for the
week.
What's moving markets: European equities fell alongside U.S.
stocks after ABC reported that Flynn has promised full cooperation
with Special Counsel Robert Mueller
(http://www.marketwatch.com/story/former-trump-national-security-adviser-michael-flynn-pleads-guilty-to-lying-to-fbi-2017-12-01),
who's investigating Russia's alleged interference in the U.S.
election. Flynn is prepared to testify that Trump during the
election campaign directed him to make contacts with the Russians,
according to the report.
Stock were already lower earlier in the day after the U.S.
Senate late Thursday suspended a vote on a tax bill as lawmakers
continued to debate a number issues related to cutting rates for
individuals and corporations.
Read:Here's what's next for the Senate's tax bill
(http://www.marketwatch.com/story/heres-whats-next-for-the-senates-tax-bill-2017-11-30)
The Stoxx Europe 600 Financial Services Index fell 1.2% and the
Stoxx Europe 600 Bank Index declined 1.1%. Financial stocks were
among those shaken by the tax-reform delay in Washington, with
investors running to the perceived safety of sovereign bonds that
sent their yields lower. The yield on Germany's 10-year bund fell 7
basis points to 0.303%
The crucial vote in the Senate on tax reform was expected to
resume on Friday.
The euro erased an earlier loss against the dollar and swung
higher to $1.1930 after the Flynn news. The shared currency traded
around $1.1904 late Thursday in New York.
What strategists are saying: "European equity markets dropped
quickly in the wake of the announcement that Michael Flynn, the
ex-national security adviser head, lied to the FBI regarding the
Russia investigation. The old chatter from the summer about
President Trump being impeached have surfaced again," said David
Madden, Market Analyst at CMC Markets UK, in a note.
Stock movers: Altice NV (ATC.AE) rose 0.4% as the telecoms group
said it plans to sell its Switzerland-based
(http://www.marketwatch.com/story/altice-to-sell-swiss-data-center-assets-2017-12-01)
data-center operations and telecommunications solutions business to
InfraVia Capital Partners.
Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC (RBS.LN) (RBS.LN) fell 2.4%
after the company said it would close 259 branches and cut 680 jobs
(http://www.marketwatch.com/story/rbs-cutting-680-jobs-in-the-uk-as-mobile-banking-picks-up-2017-12-01)
to reduce costs as more customers having been using mobile and
online services.
Air France-KLM shares (AF.FR) advanced 0.9% as the airline's
stock was upgraded to hold from sell at Deutsche Bank.
Economic data: IHS Markit said its final November manufacturing
PMI reading for the eurozone came in at 60.1, up from October's
print of 58.5 and marking its best reading since April 2000.
IHS Markit/CIPS said its U.K. manufacturing PMI for November was
58.2
(http://www.marketwatch.com/story/uk-manufacturing-pmi-picks-up-in-november-2017-12-01),
and that was better than the FactSet estimate of 56.5.
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
December 01, 2017 12:08 ET (17:08 GMT)
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