European stocks rise after Trump’s signs of peace talks, Ukraine

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European stock markets rose on Thursday, while energy prices fell after US President Donald Trump said that the talks with Russia would begin “immediately” to end the war in Ukraine.

DAX has increased in Germany by 1.1 percent, while the DAX MID-CAP-which has been exposed to severe manufacturing companies in recent years in high energy prices-increased by 0.9 percent. France has gained CAC 40 percent.

“The solution to the Ukraine war is definitely something that can take some risk allowance for European stocks,” said Charles de Bouiszon, the global head of shares at Société Générale.

“Investors were very unconfirmed in Europe. (But) feelings rise.”

The Stoxx EUROPE 600 0.4 percent has gained a new rise – while the euro acquired 0.4 percent at $ 1.042.

Building and infrastructure shares – companies that can help rebuild Ukraine after the war -. The French industrial group LEGRAND increased by 5.8 percent, while the Arceelormtal steel product increased by 1.4 percent.

The Stoxx EUROPE 600 for construction and materials increased by 1.2 percent.

Complete Russia Ukraine invasion In 2022, it exacerbated a global increase in inflation, with the high prices of goods and energy. Western markets have also sent fewer fears of disrupting the supply chain.

“In a broader context, the effect of low energy prices and the reduction of uncertainty will be positive on European stocks,” said Daniel Morris, chief market expert at BNP Paribas Asset Management.

Thursday’s gains extend to this year’s gathering in European stocks, driven by Trump’s most softening position on customs tariffs, and prospects for lower interest rates in the mass compared to the United States and hopes to finish the war.

In recent days, other concerns of investors – such as inflation or Trump’s tariff – have been balanced through “the greatest optimism at the end of the Ukraine war,” according to Emmanuel Kao, an analyst in Barclays.

Brent crude, the global standard, fell by 1.1 percent to $ 74.35 a barrel, while its American counterpart, West Texas, threw 1 percent to $ 70.63 a barrel.

Natural gas prices – which rose when the war began and increased by about 120 percent during the past year -. TTF, the European standard, decreased by 5.1 percent at 53.05 euros per megia watch in Amsterdam.

Airlines increased, with Wizz increased by 4.9 percent and Lufthansza by 2 percent.

But energy companies, many of which have made great profits in recent years due to high oil and gas prices. Equinor, the largest gas producer in Europe, decreased by 1.6 percent, while the total totalitarianism decreased by 0.9 percent.

The FTSE 100 index in London, which is calculated for BP and Shell Oil companies among its largest components, lost 0.8 per cent.

The Russian ruble got 3.5 percent at 90.80 per dollar.