On Friday, July 3, most of the major indices of European stock markets showed growth against the backdrop of uncertain released statistics. Thus, in the Eurozone retail sales in May decreased by 0.4% m /m, while the expected drop in 0.1%. The index of business activity in Britain in the service sector in June fell from 51.7 to 51.6 points in the expected growth to 52 points. Despite the fact that the index of business activity in the service sector in Germany has changed in the expected value (before the rate for June remained at 45.2 points, while the expected reduction of up to 44.3 points), he was unable to overcome the negative mood of investors in the stock market, and the DAX Index retreated to 0.22%. In the euro area index of business activity in the service sector for the month of June decreased from 44.8 to 44.7 points in the expected drop to 44.5 points.
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On the basis of bidding the regional index Dow Jones Stoxx 600 dropped 0.02%, to close at 204.08 points mark. The British FTSE 100 gained 0.05%, and the French CAC 40 grew at 0.10%. Not supported by positive dynamics of the stock markets of Austria, Germany, Scandinavia and Switzerland.
Shares in Europe's largest energy company Electricite de France had lost in bidding 4.5% after Morgan Stanley lowered its rating on the paper with buy to neutral. In addition, according to the Times, EDF electricity imports from the UK, as well as because of the very hot weather are out of order a third of the nuclear power company. Electricite de France has also started selling bonds denominated in yen and issued in the market of Japan, the total cost of 110 billion yen ($ 1.2 billion). Since the September bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers Holdings securities of this type is not issued by borrowers from non-financial sector.
Quotations third largest in Europe, the phone company France Telecom fell to 1.13%. UBS lowered rating of securities companies to neutral to sell.
Shares in Germany's largest retailer Metro cheaper at 2.52% against a background of published statistics on the volume of retail sales in the euro area.
The market capitalization of the largest German bank Deutsche Bank rose by 1.74%, while Commerzbank shares advanced 2.85%. German legislators with the support of the Minister of Finance decided to clear all the same public and private banks to issue asset at the end of nine months after the global financial crisis has brought the banking system. Today, members of the lower house of parliament in Berlin voted in favor of the bill. Participants in the stock market has long been hoped that the Government will support the shares of financial companies, reducing the uncertainty in the market associated with problem assets.
Paper Danish manufacturer of navigation devices, TomTom went up by 4.43%. According to some analysts, began selling shares without rights contributed to the growth of demand from arbitrazherov and investors, thereby restoring confidence in the market buying shares in the company.
Shares advanced Logitech International to 1.13%. Morgan Stanley raised the rating of securities companies to buy, saying that their price is currently the most attractive in terms of entrance into the market.
The values of major indices at the closing are shown in the table:
| Index | Country | Closing (items) | Change day (items) | Changing the day (%) | Value at beginning of year (the last closing in 2008) | Change from the beginning of the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATX | Austria | 2067.84 | -31.54 | -1.50% | 1750.83 | 18.11% |
| BEL20 Index | Belgium | 2040.86 | 2.81 | 0.14% | 1908.64 | 6.93% |
| FTSE 100 | United Kingdom | 4236.28 | 2.01 | 0.05% | 4434.17 | -4.46% |
| DAX Index | Germany | 4708.21 | -10.28 | -0.22% | 4810.20 | -2.12% |
| IBEX 35 INDEX | Spain | 9707.80 | 64.30 | 0.67% | 9195.80 | 5.57% |
| FTSE MIB | Italy | 18942.22 | 13.56 | 0.07% | 19460 | — 2.66% |
| AEX | Netherlands | 253.70 | 1.01 | 0.40% | 245.94 | 3.16% |
| OMX Nordic 40 | Scandinavia | 700.51 | -4.18 | -0.59% | 625.8 | 11.94% |
| CAC 40 | France | 3119.51 | 3.10 | 0.10% | 3217.97 | -3.06% |
| SMI | Switzerland | 5338.51 | -16.72 | -0.31% | 5534.53 | -3.54% |