(CercleFinance.com) – The main European stock markets are on the rise this morning, Amsterdam gained 0.5% ahead of Paris (+ 0.2%), Frankfurt (+ 0.1%) and London (+ 0.1 %), in exchange volumes that are still extremely small at this end of the year period.
The news remains of course marked by concerns around the health issue and information about the rapid spread of the Omicron variant. In France, more than 200,000 people have been infected in the past 24 hours.
‘Although daily cases of coronavirus in the United States have reached a record level, the latest strain seems more benign than its predecessors, with a reduced risk of hospitalization,’ however nuances the American bank Wells Fargo.
At the beginning of the afternoon, investors will be able to take note, like every Thursday, of the weekly jobless claims in the United States.
In the news of European stocks, Philips announced today that it has finalized the cancellation of 33.5 million of its shares. The share capital is now made up of 883,898,969 ordinary shares.
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