"European Stocks" European stocks showed little change in the early session as the market awaits NVIDIA's earnings report

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2025.11.19 08:54

European stocks showed little change in the early session as the market awaited NVIDIA's earnings report and the U.S. non-farm payroll data for September. The slowdown in inflation in the UK last month has increased expectations for a rate cut by the Bank of England next month, but the exchange rate of the pound and the UK stock market did not show significant changes.

The pan-European STOXX 600 index fell 0.03 points to 561.83 points. The UK FTSE 100 index rose 3 points to 9,556 points; the German DAX index rose 29 points or 0.1% to 23,210 points; the French CAC 40 index fell 14 points or 0.2% to 7,953 points; the Spanish IBEX 35 index fell 4 points to 15,822 points; the Italian FTSE MIB index fell 213 points or 0.5% to 42,625 points.

In terms of individual stocks, French luxury goods company Kering fell over 3%, while German food delivery platform Delivery Hero rose 3.4%. In the semiconductor sector, ASML fell 0.8%, Infineon fell 1%, and STMicroelectronics was nearly flat.

In U.S. stock futures, Dow futures rose 21 points to 46,205 points; S&P 500 futures rose 4 points to 6,644 points; and Nasdaq 100 futures rose 29 points to 24,625 points.

In the Asia-Pacific stock market, the Shanghai Composite Index rose 0.2%, while the Shenzhen Component Index was flat. The Hong Kong Hang Seng Index fell 99 points or 0.4% to close at 25,830 points, with a turnover of 211.4 billion yuan. The Taiwan stock market fell 0.7%, while the Japanese and South Korean stock markets fell 0.3% and 0.6%, respectively. The Australian and New Zealand stock markets fell 0.3% and 0.1%. The Indian Nifty 50 index rose 96 points or 0.4% to 26,006 points. The Singapore Straits Times Index rose 4 points or 0.1% to 4,509 points. The Malaysian and Indonesian stock markets rose 0.5%, while the Thai stock market fell 0.3%. The Vietnamese markets in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City fell 0.9% and 0.7%, respectively, while the Philippine stock market rose 1%