European stock markets fall this Tuesdayin a context in which investors evaluate a series of business results and speculate with possible tariff novelties, waiting for the Monetary policy of the United States Federal Reserve that will meet between today and tomorrow.
The main bags of the old continent operate in red. This is the case of the German index Daxwhich goes back 1.3%; The Parisian indicator Cac 40that loses 0.8%; and the British Ftse 100which drops 0.2%.
The performance of European markets is going against what happened in Asia, with increases from the main bags around 1%. However, it is in line with what happened yesterday in Wall Streetwhose three main index ended in red against the last tariff ads of Donald Trump.
Market, tariff war and investor concern
Investor attention is set in itself commercial tension between China and the United States They will be relieved after China said last week that it was evaluating a Washington offer to hold tariffs.
However, the lack of concrete details on any agreement between the US and its partners has kept investors in suspense, especially after Trump announced a new tariff board.
Sunday, Trump revealed a 100% tariff on the films produced outside the US And a day later he said he intends to announce pharmaceutical tariffs in the next two weeks.
THE FED MEETING AND OTHER KEY DATA
In this context, The advertisement of the monetary policy of the American Federal Reserve on Wednesday acquires greater importance. Although the Central Bank is expected to maintain unchanged types, investors will be attentive to comments on the impact of tariffs on economic growth.
In Europe, the data of the APRIL PURCHASE MANAGER INDEX (PMI) for France, Germany, the United Kingdom and the euro zone They will come out during the day. In the case of Spain, the PMI HCOB index of the business activity of the services sector fell in April from 54.7 to 53.4.
Among the individual values, Vestas rose about 5% after the wind turbine manufacturer reported an unexpected operational benefit for the first quarter.
Philips fell 1.4% after the Dutch Health Technology Company trimmed its benefit margin forecast by 2025.
Continental rose 2.8% after the German manufacturer of car parts presented benefits higher than planned.
Source: Ambito
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