European stock markets are moving with mixed signs on Thursday, with the volume of transactions remaining limited due to the holidays and while most European countries continue to record new records of coronavirus cases due to the micron mutation.
One after another, European countries are announcing new records of infections due to the highly contagious omicron mutation of the coronavirus. However, unlike previous waves of pandemics, most governments have not returned to the total lockdowns that drove their economies into recession, this time adopting milder restrictive measures. This reinforces the optimism that although the public health crisis continues, the economic recovery will not be derailed.
Optimism about the resilience of the recovery is further strengthened by the high number of vaccinated and the intensive campaign for the third dose of the vaccine, which strengthens protection against and micron, but also the initial estimates of experts that the new mutation causes less serious disease compared with the delta.
On the board, the pan-European STOXX 600 index strengthens 0.06% to 488.28 points.
The German DAX marks marginal changes at 15,851.92 points, the French CAC 40 loses 0.04% at 7,158.40 points, while the British FTSE 100 falls 0.15% to 7,409.53 points.
The FTSE and DAX are heading for total gains of 15% this year, while the French CAC is approaching 30%.
In the periphery, the Italian FTSE MIB gains 0.1%, while the Spanish IBEX falls marginally 0.03%.
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