The main European scholarships opened today, driven by the positive performance of the Asian scholarships that ended the high session.
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21/09/2026
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Lusa
At 9 a.m. in Lisbon, the EuroStoxx 600 advanced 0.59% to 639.20 points.
The scholarships from London, Paris and Frankfurt rose by 0.36%, 0.55% and 0.71%, while those from Madrid and Milan earned 0.60% and 0.75%.
The Lisbon grant reversed the opening trend, with the main index, PSI, falling 0.13% to 9.530,16 points.
The euro was at a low rate compared to the dollar, dwindling by 0.09% and being exchanged at $1,1476 on the Frankfurt exchange market.
After three consecutive weeks of falls from almost all stock exchanges since the beginning of September, a period in which the main central banks were the major protagonists, European and US scholarships are facing a new week from today when geopolitics will largely monopolize investors' attention.
So, on Thursday, US and China presidents, Donald Trump and Xi Jinping, will meet in Washington to try to define future bilateral relations between both powers. Trade issues such as tariffs, rare earths and semiconductors, Taiwan and the technological race, as well as the various war conflicts underway, especially the Middle East, are among the main topics.
Furthermore, within the framework of the United Nations General Assembly, which is held this week, President Donald Trump did not rule out the possibility of meeting with the Iranian counterpart, Masoud Pezeshkian.
On this week's macroeconomic agenda stands out the publication, on Wednesday, by S&P Global, of the preliminary readings of September of the early sectorial activity indices, the PMIs, corresponding to the euro area, the two main economies, Germany and France, in addition to the United Kingdom and the US.
In Asia, the scholarships closed high, driven by technological values, while the Japanese scholarship remains closed today due to the celebration of Respect Day for the Elderly.
On a day when both the macroeconomic and business agendas are almost out of data, it will be the evolution of Wall Street after opening this afternoon that will determine whether European exchanges are able to maintain earnings, depending on the development of the conflict in the Middle East.
Oil is low, with the price of the generic Brent oil barrel contract, a reference in Europe, falling 2.10% to 101.69 dollars.
The West Texas Intermediate barrel (WTI), a reference barrel in the United States of America, also yields, 2.19% to $98.04.
Similarly, the price of the active contract for natural gas on the Dutch TFF market, a reference in Europe, drops 2.97% to 77.16 euros per megawatt hour (MWh).
The futures of the U.S. indices show advances of 0.56% for Dow Jones and 0.74% for Nasdaq technology, after finishing on Friday with a decrease of 0.18% and an increase of 0.39%, respectively.
Precious metals fall, in the case of gold 0.67%, with ounce at 4,349.44 dollars, and silver 0.61% to 65,8570 dollars.
Germany's 10-year debt interest drops to 3.475%, while the 10-year US debt interest also yields to 4.970%, after finishing last Tuesday at 5.003%, a maximum since July 2007.
In the cryptocurrency market, bitcoin rose 0.61% to $81,592.1.