Europe lower in premarket ahead of data, Lagarde speech22 Apr 2022 07:52
Equities in Europe traded lower in the premarket on Friday ahead of the newest preliminary reports on services and manufacturing in Germany, the euro area, and the United Kingdom, as well as the latter country's retail sales. European Central Bank President (ECB) Christine Lagarde and Bank of England (BoE) Governor Andrew Bailey will also give speeches about the current state of the economy.
Earlier, it was revealed that Britain's consumer confidence reached almost a record low in April. Meanwhile, in the field of politics, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky predicted the war will spread from his country to Russia.
The DAX went down by 1.42% at 7:03 am CET. At the same time, the FTSE 100 declined by 1.29%, and the CAC 40 decreased by 1.75%.
The euro gained 0.16% to the dollar at 7:11 am CET to sell for $1.08512. A minute later, the pound sterling stood flat against the greenback to go for $1.30311.
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