The main European stock exchanges today accentuated losses to more than 1.2% due to the rise of more than 3% of oil to more than 100 dollars caused by the new attacks between Washington and Tehran.
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09/09/2026
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Lusa
Aat 13:30 in Lisbon, the EuroStoxx 600 dropped 1.64% to 638.95 points.
The scholarships of London, Paris and Frankfurt were 1.23%, 2.03% and 1.73%, as well as those of Madrid and Milan, which yielded 2.42% and 1.54%, respectively.
The Lisbon grant followed the European counterparts and the PSI dropped 0.52% to 9.432.20 points.
The euro remained high against the dollar, valued at 0.20% and exchanged at $1.1647 on the Frankfurt exchange market.
Markets are again being affected by recent events in the Middle East.
The price of the generic Brent oil barrel contract, of reference in Europe, advances 3.05% to $100.91, and that of the West Texas Intermediate (WTI), of reference in the United States of America (USA), rises 2.75% to $95.59.
Brent's price played today during the 101-dollar session a barrel.
The price of the active natural gas contract on the Dutch TFF market, a reference in Europe, rises by 3.37% to EUR 78,395 per megawatt-hour (MWh).
The futures of the Wall Street stock market are advancing to a fall of 0.71% for Dow Jones and 0.61% for the Nasdaq tech, after both of them finished down the day before.
In Asia, after statements of support for the US Treasury Secretary's yen, Scott Bessent, Tokyo's main stock exchange index, Nikkei, lost 0.19%, Shanghai's stock exchange reference index gained 0.28%, and Shenzhen's stock exchange rose 0.15%. Hong Kong's Hang Seng yielded 0.17%.
In the debt market, the profitability of the 10-year German bond rises to 3.419%, compared to 3.365% on Tuesday.
Precious metals are also on the rise, with a rise of 0.96% in the case of gold, with an ounce of 4.397.90 dollars, and from 0.53% in the case of silver to 66.0926 euros.
Today, the markets are watching the start of the European Central Bank (ECB) monetary policy meeting in Berlin, in which, predictably on Thursday, a rise in the driving rates from a quarter point to 2.50% will be decided.
This week, investors are also awaiting disclosure on Friday of the US inflation rate in August, which will be decisive for the decision of the US Federal Reserve (Fed) on the next 16th.
The Fed's monetary policy meeting takes place on 15 and 16 September and there are doubts about whether to keep the principal rates in the range of 3.50%-3.75% or whether to increase them.
Bitcoin rises 0.57% to $78.930.