How do you assess the price performance of the European stock exchanges?

The main European stock exchanges closed on Friday with positive signs. The Euro Stoxx 50 ended the business 0.38 percent higher at 4,237.19 points, limiting its weekly loss to just under 1.1 percent. In London, the FTSE-100 closed 0.49 percent higher at 7,478.19 units.

Meanwhile, the Frankfurt DAX has not yet been able to determine a final price due to technical problems, as Deutsche Börse announced. Most recently, the German benchmark index was up 0.14 percent at 15,740.30 points.

As a result, the European barometers stabilized somewhat at the end of a weak week. In the course of time, they had slipped clearly into the loss zone at times. “Concerns about the economy and interest rates are not giving rise to a buying mood at the moment,” Helaba’s market observers analysed. Market participants are likely to be preparing for the interest rate decisions in the coming weeks, and the European Central Bank (ECB) will present its decision on Thursday.

Gains were recorded on Friday at the German carmakers VW and Mercedes, the papers gained 1.2 and 0.8 percent respectively in value. The expert Romain Gourvil of the private bank Berenberg has expressed optimism about the shares in an industry study.

In London, meanwhile, retailers were in demand on the reporting day, with JD Sports shares closing up 2.6 percent. The shares of industry colleague Next rose by two percent after a buy recommendation from Societe Generale.