{"id":10753,"date":"2021-06-14T05:37:44","date_gmt":"2021-06-14T05:37:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2021\/06\/14\/european-shares-seen-opening-on-firm-note-2\/"},"modified":"2021-06-14T05:37:44","modified_gmt":"2021-06-14T05:37:44","slug":"european-shares-seen-opening-on-firm-note-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2021\/06\/14\/european-shares-seen-opening-on-firm-note-2\/","title":{"rendered":"European Shares Seen Opening On Firm Note"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><\/div><p> \n<\/p>\n<div id=\"ctl00_CPI_dvBody\">\n<p> European stocks may open on a positive note Monday, with optimism about vaccine rollouts and central bank stimulus likely to offer some support.<\/p>\n<p>The head of the EU drug regulator&#8217;s COVID-19 task force said on Sunday that AstraZeneca&#8217;s <span class=\"landLinks\">coronavirus<\/span> vaccine had a favorable risk-benefit profile for all age groups and particularly for those aged over 60.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, as speculation mounts vis-a-vis the Wuhan lab leak theory, World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Ghebreyesus has called on China to cooperate with the ongoing investigation into the origins of the COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>Asian <span class=\"landLinks\">markets<\/span> struggled for direction in thin holiday trade as investors look forward to the Federal Reserve&#8217;s policy meeting this week for clues about whether the Fed will tweak its forecasts for interest rates or inflation, in light of the U.S. <span class=\"landLinks\">economy<\/span>&#8216;s blistering recovery. <\/p>\n<p>Gold slipped to its lowest in more than a week on dollar strength, while Bitcoin traded above USD 39,000 after Elon Musk said that Tesla will resume allowing bitcoin transactions when miners use more renewable energy. <\/p>\n<p>Oil held near multi-year highs, underpinned by an improved outlook for demand backed by the lifting of travel curbs due to increased vaccinations. <\/p>\n<p>Eurostat releases euro area industrial production data for April later in the day. Economists expect output to climb 0.4 percent sequentially, faster than the 0.1 percent rise in March.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. stocks ended mostly higher on Friday as bond yields fell on dovish Fed and ECB talk, and a measure of U.S. consumer sentiment rose more than expected in early June.<\/p>\n<p>The Dow inched up marginally as a bipartisan group of 10 senators unveiled an infrastructure spending plan. <\/p>\n<p>The S&amp;P 500 edged up 0.2 percent to reach a new record closing high, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite gained 0.4 percent to its best closing level in over a month.<\/p>\n<p>European stocks advanced on Friday despite lingering concerns about inflation. The pan European Stoxx 600 rose 0.7 percent. <\/p>\n<p>The German DAX and France&#8217;s CAC 40 index both climbed around 0.8 percent while the U.K.&#8217;s FTSE 100 gained 0.7 percent. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Business News<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n        window.fbAsyncInit = function () {\n            FB.init({\n                status: true,\n                cookie: true,\n                xfbml: true\n            });\n        };\n        (function (d) {\n            var js, id = 'facebook-jssdk'; if (d.getElementById(id)) { return; }\n            js = d.createElement('script'); js.id = id; js.async = true;\n            js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js\";\n            d.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(js);\n        }(document));\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<br \/>European Shares Seen Opening On Firm Note<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>2021-06-14 05:37:44<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>European stocks may open on a positive note Monday, with optimism about vaccine rollouts and central bank stimulus likely to offer some support. 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