{"id":62380,"date":"2025-07-28T05:37:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T05:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2025\/07\/28\/european-shares-seen-opening-up-on-us-eu-trade-deal\/"},"modified":"2025-07-28T05:37:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T05:37:11","slug":"european-shares-seen-opening-up-on-us-eu-trade-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2025\/07\/28\/european-shares-seen-opening-up-on-us-eu-trade-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"European Shares Seen Opening Up On US-EU Trade Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"
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European stocks look set to open on a buoyant note Monday after the United States announced the “biggest-ever” trade deal with the European Union, under which a 15-percent tariff would apply across the board, including for Europe’s crucial automobile sector, pharmaceuticals, and semiconductors.<\/p>\n

U.S. President Donald Trump said the 27-nation EU bloc had agreed to purchase “$750 billion worth of energy” from the United States, as well as make $600 billion in additional investments as part of the deal. <\/p>\n

Meanwhile, senior U.S. and Chinese negotiators are due to meet in Stockholm later today, with reports suggesting that the world’s two biggest economies could agree a 90-day extension to their trade war truce.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, key differences have emerged between Trump’s statements and Japan’s official version of their bilateral agreement. <\/p>\n

The White House has published a fact sheet but further details of the implementation of the U.S.-Japan deal remain unclear. <\/p>\n

U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on Sunday ruled out a possible deadline extension to countries wishing to negotiate trade deals. <\/p>\n

“So no extensions, no more grace periods. August 1, the tariffs are set. They’ll go into place. Customs will start collecting the money, and off we go,” Lutnick told “Fox News Sunday”.<\/p>\n

U.S. stock futures inched higher ahead of a hectic week for markets<\/span>, with the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate decision and earnings from several major tech companies awaited. <\/p>\n

The Fed’s two-day policy meeting concludes on Wednesday, with no change in interest rates expected. Investors are looking for clarity on whether there will be a rate cut at September policy meeting.<\/p>\n

More than 150 companies in the S&P 500 will unveil their quarterly earnings results this week, including “Magnificent Seven” names Meta Platforms and Microsoft on Wednesday, followed by Amazon and Apple on Thursday.<\/p>\n

On the data front, reports on ADP, PCE, Q2 GDP & NFP will be in the spotlight this week. <\/p>\n

Asian markets were mostly higher, with Japan bucking the uptrend ahead of the Bank of Japan’s rate decision on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Gold edged up in choppy trading as the dollar weakened on improved risk appetite. Oil prices climbed as concerns about a potentially painful trade war eased.<\/p>\n

U.S. stocks rose Friday on the back of strong earnings, hopes for more U.S. trade deals and easing Fed independence fears.<\/p>\n

The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite inched up 0.2 percent and the S&P 500 added 0.4 percent to reach new record closing highs while the narrower Dow gained half a percent.<\/p>\n

European stocks closed mostly lower on Friday after U.S. President Trump said there was only a “50-50 chance” of making a trade deal with the EU ahead of his self-imposed deadline of August 1.<\/p>\n

The pan European STOXX 600 slipped 0.3 percent. The German DAX dipped 0.3 percent and the U.K.’s FTSE shed 0.2 percent, while France’s CAC 40 rose 0.2 percent. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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