European markets set for broadly positive open as traders assess tariff landscape
Corroborated by 4 sources from 4 publishers
TL;DR
LONDON — European stocks are expected to open flat to higher on Tuesday as investors assess the new global trading landscape after U.S. President Donald Trump's latest tariff move. The U.K.'s FTSE index is seen opening unchanged, Germany's DAX and France's CAC 40 up around 0.25%, respectively, and Italy's FTSE MIB up almost 0.3%, according to data from IG.
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Financial Times
https://www.ft.com/content/33bf55ef-7096-44d1-884c-059d5849bade
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Bloomberg Markets
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Financial Times
https://www.ft.com/content/a654e36c-19b7-4932-bdf8-f22e9c10a643
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Bloomberg Technology
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Al Jazeera
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