The main European scholarships were on negative ground today, after further attacks in Iran pushed the barrel of oil to around $95.
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02/09/2026
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Lusa
Pthey 08:30 in Lisbon, the EuroStoxx 600 lost 0.18% to 646.30 points.
About the same time, Paris lost 0.32%, London retreated 0.24%, Frankfur went down 0.23%, and Milan devalued 0.04%, while Madrilene Ibex was one of the few indices in Europe with gains, by advancing 0.18%.
The effects of the new attacks between the United States of America and Iran have impacted European scholarship performance after the U.S. Central Command reported that the US attacked targets of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (CGRI).
According to this body, the attacks were carried out “following the recent attempts by the IRGC against commercial maritime transport in the Strait of Ormuz and against members of the US armed forces deployed in the region.”.
Iran later claimed attacks on US military bases in Jordan, Iraq and Bahrain.
Jordan's army announced that it had destroyed ten missiles launched from Iran, adding that three others had crashed far from inhabited areas without causing injury.
Kuwait also claimed to have been targeted by missiles and drones, and alert sirens sounded early on Wednesday in Bahrain, France-Presse news agency correspondents.
The events led to the rise in Brent's price, a reference for Europe, which had already advanced by Tuesday 4.6%, adding another 0.21%, to $94.85.
The euro moved away from $1.16 and traded at $1.1573, while the gold retreated 0.04% to $4.326.5 and the silver kept the $64.08.
Bitcoin, on the other hand, was up 0.25% to $77,605.