Europe lower premarket with virus, Fed's summit in focus26 Aug 2021 07:59
Shares on the major European stock market indices traded lower in the premarket on Thursday as traders anticipated the Federal Reserve's Jackson Hole summit.
On the COVID front, the number of daily cases in Italy climbed to the levels last seen in May.
The DAX lost 0.3% at 7:46 am CET, while the FTSE 100 slid by 0.36% at 7:44 am CET. In France, the CAC 40 was down by 0.15% at 7:49 am CET.
The euro and the pound were flat compared to the dollar, selling for 1.17685 and 1.37584 at 7:46 am ET, respectively.
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