The main European scholarships opened mixed, with Brent over $117, and increased doubts about the profitability of artificial intelligence (IA).
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30/10/2026
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Lusa
Athe main European exchanges opened today mixed, given the impact of the oil price, with Brent over 117 dollars, and the increase of doubts about the profitability of artificial intelligence (IA).
At 8:45 in Lisbon, the EuroStoxx 600 dropped 0.26% to 647.42 points.
The scholarships of London and Paris rose by 0.28% and 0.13%, while Frankfurt, Madrid and Milan fell by 0.30%, 0.96% and 1.17%.
The Lisbon grant maintained the opening trend, with the main index, PSI, to fall 0.06% to 9,313,61 points.
The euro was up against the dollar, but below $1.12, rising by 0.16% to $1.1198 on the Frankfurt exchange market.
European markets end the week with caution after publishing business results that sow doubts in the technological sector, while today numerous macroeconomic data are published.
In Spain, annual inflation remained at 4.9% in October, remaining the highest rate since February 2023, when it reached 6%, while in France it rose three tenths in October, mainly due to the rise in gas and oil prices, at 3.4%, the highest level since December 2023.
In Asia, the Tokyo Nikkei closed with a 2.12% drop after the Bank of Japan (BoJ) decided to maintain the reference rate at 1.25% and after widespread losses on US stock exchanges the day before.
The South Korean Kospi fell 3.48%, in line with the fall of US grants, which dragged the devaluation of the Google matrix Alphabet company, rekindling concerns with the AI sector.
In turn, the Shanghai Stock Exchange reference index lost 1.44%, Shenzhen's index rose 2.73% and Hong Kong's Hang Seng increased 1.55% shortly before the end of the session.
The futures of the U.S. indices are down, with Dow Jones falling 0.02% and the technological Nasdaq 2.11%, after both closed down the day before.
The price of Brent's generic reference barrel contract in Europe was 2.04% to $117.22 and that of the US-reference West Texas Intermediate barrel (WTI), rising 1.57% to $13.60.
The price of the active contract for natural gas on the Dutch TFF market, a reference in Europe, rose by 3.16% to EUR 101.020 per megawatt hour (MWh).
After the European Central Bank (ECB) has maintained the principal rates, ten-year French debt interest rises to 4.939%, while those in Germany fall to 3.350% and those in the US fall to 4.930%.
Precious metals are also down, with gold depreciating 0.86%, to 3,986.77 ounces and silver yielding 2.71%, to 50,7285 dollars.
Bitcoin yielded 1.03% to $77,986.7 after Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange platform, reported that it froze $3,000 million in cryptoactives while investigating a possible security breach with funds extraction of around $6,300 million.