{"id":111801,"date":"2021-04-12T07:16:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-12T07:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=111801"},"modified":"2021-04-12T07:16:00","modified_gmt":"2021-04-12T07:16:00","slug":"european-markets-set-for-slightly-lower-open-tracking-global-sentiment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/markets\/european-markets-set-for-slightly-lower-open-tracking-global-sentiment\/","title":{"rendered":"European markets set for slightly lower open, tracking global sentiment"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell told CBS 60 Minutes in an interview that aired Sunday that it was &quot;highly unlikely&quot; that the central bank would look to raise rates &quot;anything like this year.&quot;<\/li>\n<li>The U.K. government is relaxing lockdown measures in England on Monday, with outdoor dining and hospitality venues, hairdressers, gyms, shops and outdoor attractions allowed to reopen.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>LONDON \u2014 European markets are set for a slightly lower open on Monday as global stocks continue to search for direction after record highs in several regions last week.<\/p>\n<p>Britain&#x27;s FTSE 100 is seen around 14 points lower at 6,902, Germany&#x27;s DAX is set to fall around 54 points to 15,200 and France&#x27;s CAC 40 is expected to open around 4 points lower at 6,165, according to IG data.<\/p>\n<p>European shares are receiving a weak handover from Asia-Pacific, where Indian stocks led losses on the back of a surge in Covid-19 cases in the country, while MSCI&#x27;s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan declined more than 1%.<\/p>\n<p>Stateside, futures contracts tied to the major U.S. indexes also pulled back in early premarket trade, pointed to more muted trading on Wall Street after the S&amp;P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average notched record highs last week.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell told CBS 60 Minutes in an interview that aired Sunday that the U.S. economy is at an &quot;inflection point,&quot; with growth and hiring expected to pick up sharply, but risks remaining that a hasty reopening results on a prolonged spike in cases. Powell said it was &quot;highly unlikely&quot; that the central bank would look to raise rates &quot;anything like this year.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Back in Europe, the U.K. government is relaxing lockdown measures in England on Monday, with outdoor dining and hospitality venues, hairdressers, gyms, shops and outdoor attractions allowed to reopen.<\/p>\n<p>In corporate news, Swiss newspaper SonntagsZeitung reported Sunday that Credit Suisse was questioned by Swiss regulator FINMA over its links Greensill Capital &quot;months&quot; before the lender was forced to close out $10 billion of funds tied to the now-insolvent supply chain finance firm.<\/p>\n<p>On the data front, euro zone retail sales figures for February are due at 10 a.m. London time.<\/p>\n<p><em>Subscribe <\/em><em>to CNBC PRO<\/em><em> for exclusive insights and analysis, and live business day programming from around the world.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/04\/12\/european-markets-tracking-global-sentiment.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell told CBS 60 Minutes in an interview that aired Sunday that it was &quot;highly unlikely&quot; 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