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European markets close higher, Asia mixed, Nasdaq turns negative

Indices in Europe gain between 0.2% and 1.4%, Spain's IBEX 35 best performer by increasing 120 points

Ovunc Kutlu  | 13.09.2021 - Update : 13.09.2021
European markets close higher, Asia mixed, Nasdaq turns negative

ANKARA

European stock markets closed higher on Monday, while Asia ended the day mixed, and the Nasdaq in US turned negative despite a strong opening.

The STOXX Europe 600, which includes around 90% of the market capitalization of the European market in 17 countries, rose 1.35 points, or 0.29%, to close at 467.69.

London's FTSE 100 rose 39 points, or 0.56%, to 7,068, while Germany's DAX 30 gained 91 points, or 0.59%, to 15,701.

France's CAC 40 was up 13 points, or 0.2%, to end the day at 6,676 points. Italy's Borsa Italiana FTSE MIB 30 added 239 points, or 0.93%, to 25,925.

Spain's IBEX 35 was the best performer of the day by increasing 120 points, or 1.39%, to close at 8,816.

The gain in indices was a sign of optimism for investors after markets in Europe shed between 0.39% and 1.9% last week.

Asian stock markets

Despite posting increases last week, Asian indices closed mixed on Monday.

The Asia Dow, which includes blue-chip companies in the region, fell 26 points, or 0.65%, to close at 4,017 points.

Tokyo's Nikkei 225 stock exchange rose 65 points, or 0.22%, to 30,447.

The Hang Seng, the benchmark for blue-chip stocks trading on the Hong Kong stock exchange, fell the most by plummeting 392 points, or 1.5%, to 25,813.

China's Shanghai stock exchange was marginally up by 12 points, or 0.33%, to 3,715.

Asian indices had a strong week by adding between 1.17% and 4.3% last week.

Major indices in US

Major markets in the US opened strong on Monday, as the Dow and the S&P were trying to end their five-day losing streak, but the Nasdaq later turned to negative territory.

The Dow Jones soared 217 points, or 0.63%, to 34,824 at 12.49 p.m. EDT (1649GMT), while the S&P 500 was up 2 points to 4,461.

The Nasdaq, on the other hand, declined 12 points, or 0.08%, to 15,102.

The VIX volatility index, also known as the fear index, was at 18.19 with a 3.2% decline.

While the dollar index was up 0.07% to 92.64, while the yield on 10-year US Treasury notes fell 1.4% to 1.322%.

Precious metals were on the rise with gold adding 0.3% to $1,793 per ounce, and silver recovering 0.1% to $23.76.

Oil prices increased as Brent crude was trading at $73.40 per barrel with a 0.66% gain, and West Texas Intermediate was at $70.31 with a 0.85% increase.

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