European stocks open less than American job data

The shares listed in Europe fell on Thursday, when anxiety about the American commercial policy raised its head again.

General Europe Stoxx 600 It was 0.2 % less by 8:45 am in London (3:45 am East time), with all the main regional porss in negative lands.

The retail was a bright point, as the Stoxx Europe 600 % added in early trade. Giant giant fashion H & M.Its shares increased by 10.5 % to the Stoxx 600 top, after the company’s profits won in the third quarter of expectations.

Meanwhile, the shares of medical technology companies have been sold in early trade, after the Trump administration Opening the national security probe In imports of medical devices, robots and industrial machinery – which raises fears that these goods can be the next goal of the White House definition system.

Siemens Healthineers 3.6 % shed, while Philips 2.6 % was less. London -based ConvatecWhich makes different medical devices, 5.4 % less to lead the losses on Stoxx 600.

In other news, the British investment company contributed Petershill Partners More than 33 % rose after the company announced plans to delete from the London Stock Exchange.

Elsewhere on Thursday, the US Department of Labor will issue the latest weekly job data. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell He said on Tuesday The labor labor market exceeded concerns about sticky inflation, which reduces the first interest rate of the central bank for this year.

In Europe, investors were monitoring French and German consumer confidence reports.

In them a report On the confidence of the consumer in Germany, he said on Thursday morning, GFK and the Nuremberg Institute for Market Decisions (NIM) that the decline in the consumer climate has stopped due to improved income expectations.

However, Rolf Bürkl, Consumer Customer Head at NIM, said that market monitors must handle data with caution.

“If this represents a more constant transformation, the consumer’s climate remains very low,” explained in the report. “The geopolitical situation, concerns about jobs, and renewable fears of inflation will hinder a comprehensive recovery at the present time.”

The latest monetary policy update from the Swiss National Bank will be in focus on Thursday. Switzerland shocked 39 % on a tariff rate on the goods it sends to the United States During the summer.

Overnight in Asia, The shares moved aboveWhile futures in the United States It did not change a little.