Connect with us

Hi, what are you looking for?

Business News

VIDEO | Trump-Kim Summit Boosts European Stocks

Europe’s stock markets rose at the open on Tuesday, as investors responded warmly to US President Donald Trump’s historic Singapore summit with North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un.

In initial trade, London’s benchmark FTSE 100 index of major blue-chip companies advanced almost 0.3 per cent to 7,757.89 points.

In the eurozone, Frankfurt’s DAX 30 added 0.6 per cent to 12,924.03 points and the Paris CAC 40 gained 0.4 per cent to 5,494.83, compared with the closing levels on Monday.

“The market focus of the world is focused on the events taking place in Singapore, with history being made today as Donald Trump became the first sitting American president to meet face-to face with a North Korean leader,” said analyst Lukman Otunuga at traders FXTM.

 

 

___

Follow us on Twitter at @thesignalng

Copyright 2018 SIGNAL. Permission to use portions of this article is granted provided appropriate credits are given to www.signalng.com and other relevant sources.

Click to comment

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Advertisement

Related

World

America’s oldest president, Joe Biden, earned backing from an unexpected supporter due to his age: The Democrat was “not too old” to run for...

News

A federal judge on Monday set a date of March 4, 2024, for Donald Trump’s election subversion conspiracy trial — placing one of the...

News

Donald Trump, a former US president, claimed on Tuesday that he had received a letter from prosecutors indicating that he was likely to face...

News

Former U.S. President Donald Trump was placed under arrest shortly after arriving at a heavily fortified Miami courthouse on Tuesday afternoon to face his...

Copyright ©