The main European grants today have opened downwards, given the doubts generated by the new increase in oil, on a day when the confidence of euro area consumers will be known.
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22/09/2026
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Lusa
At 09:00 in Lisbon, the EuroStoxx 600 dropped 0.16% to 640.89 points.
The grants from London, Paris and Frankfurt were 0.11%, 0.06% and 0.33%, while those from Madrid and Milan were 0.18% and 0.43%.
The Lisbon grant maintained the opening trend, with the main index, PSI, rising 0.35% to 9,651.33 points.
The euro was at a low level compared to the dollar, devalued 0.07% and exchanged at $1,1457 on the Frankfurt exchange market.
After a large part of Europe's markets closed on Monday with increases of more than 1%, today at the opening of the sitting they were hesitant because of the new increase in oil prices.
Oil is moving forward, with the price of the reference generic Brent barrel contract in Europe, moving 0.94% to 101.28 dollars.
The reference barrel of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) in the United States also rises, 1.27% to $97.00.
Similarly, the price of the active natural gas contract in the Netherlands' TFF market, a reference in Europe, is increasing by 1.61% to EUR 74,435 per megawatt hour (MWh).
The futures of the U.S. indices show decreases of 0.09% for Dow Jones and 0.05% for Nasdaq technology, after finishing on Monday with increases of 0.71% and 2.26%, respectively.
In this session, in the absence of relevant macroeconomic and business references, the intervention of the US President, Donald Trump, at the United Nations General Assembly, scheduled for this afternoon before the closure of European scholarships, will focus the attention of investors as well as the visit of Chinese leader Xi Jinping to Washington.
In addition, the agenda of the day highlights the publication of the preliminary reading of September by the European Commission of the consumer confidence index of the euro area.
After several months of recovery, this private consumption indicator is expected to have receded slightly due to the further increase in fuel prices due to the hindrance of the Middle East war.
As for Asian scholarships, the Tokyo scholarship was closed on Monday and will not reopen until Thursday due to holidays in Japan.
The Shanghai stock exchange reference index gained 0.056%, Shenzhen's index yielded 0.046%, South Korean Kospi closed to rise 0.15%, and Hong Kong's Hang Seng was stabilized shortly before the end of the session.
Germany's 10-year debt interest rises to 3.471%, while the 10-year US debt also rises to 4.966%.
Precious metals fall, in the case of gold 0.68%, with ounce at 4.313.71 dollars, and silver 1.34% to 65.1495 dollars.
In the cryptocurrency market, bitcoin drops 1.74% to 85,479.8 dollars, after having registered a maximum of eight months on Monday.