European markets solid as focus turns to Fed

  10 February 2016    Read: 982
European markets solid as focus turns to Fed
Stock markets in Europe have opened on a fairly solid note despite another sizeable 2.3 percent reverse on Japan`s main index.
In early trading, the Stoxx 50 index of leading European shares was up 0.7 percent at 2,756. Investors will likely be nervous as a similarly steady opening on Tuesday soon turned sour and European markets had another big down day.

Much of the day`s trading may well hinge on what Janet Yellen, chair at the U.S. Federal Reserve, will tell lawmakers in testimony later Wednesday.

Much has changed since the Fed raised interest rates in December for the first time in nearly a decade. Confidence in the global economy has deteriorated while financial markets have been volatile — many stock markets around the world have officially hit bear market territory while oil prices have dropped to fresh multi-year lows.

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