{"id":62790,"date":"2025-08-07T17:15:45","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T17:15:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2025\/08\/07\/european-stocks-move-mostly-higher-but-u-k-falls-after-bank-of-england-rate-cut\/"},"modified":"2025-08-07T17:15:45","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T17:15:45","slug":"european-stocks-move-mostly-higher-but-u-k-falls-after-bank-of-england-rate-cut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2025\/08\/07\/european-stocks-move-mostly-higher-but-u-k-falls-after-bank-of-england-rate-cut\/","title":{"rendered":"European Stocks Move Mostly Higher But U.K. Falls After Bank Of England Rate Cut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> \n<\/p>\n<div id=\"ctl00_CPI_dvBody\">\n<p> European stocks turned in a mixed performance on Thursday, with U.K. stocks underperforming after the Bank of England reduced its benchmark interest rate for the fifth time in a year as domestic and geopolitical risks weigh on economic activity.<\/p>\n<p>The Monetary Policy Committee voted 5-4 to cut the bank rate by 25 basis points to 4.00 percent. The fifth cut since last August took the rate to the lowest since early 2023.<\/p>\n<p>In economic news, German exports grew for the first time in three months in June despite falling shipments to the U.S., data from Destatis revealed. Exports advanced 0.8 percent on a monthly basis in June, reversing a fall of 1.4 percent in May.<\/p>\n<p>A separate report revealed that German industrial output decreased 1.9 percent on a monthly basis in June, bigger than May&#8217;s revised 0.1 percent drop and also worse than economists&#8217; forecast of 0.4 percent fall.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, U.K. house prices increased by more-than-expected 0.4 percent in July from June, according to data from the mortgage lender Halifax.<\/p>\n<p>While the U.K.&#8217;s FTSE 100 Index slid by 0.7 percent, the French CAC 40 Index advanced by 1.0 percent and the German DAX Index jumped by 1.1 percent.<\/p>\n<p>A.P. Moller-Maersk shares rallied over 4 percent. The Danish shipping group raised its financial outlook for 2025 after posting strong second-quarter results.<\/p>\n<p>Valneva, a specialty vaccine company, surged 3.3 percent after the FDA removed its recommended pause on the use of IXCHIQ.<\/p>\n<p>Consumer goods and adhesives maker Henkel jumped 2.9 percent after lifting its full-year margin forecast.<\/p>\n<p>Technology giant Siemens shot up 3.7percent after reporting better-than-expected revenue and order intake in its third quarter.<\/p>\n<p>Insurer Allianz soared 4.1 percent after reporting better-than-expected second quarter earnings and affirming its full-year operating profit outlook.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, defense firm Rheinmetall plunged 8.0 percent after reporting lower-than-expected second-quarter sales.<\/p>\n<p>Deutsche Telekom also tumbled by 5.0 after reporting weaker second quarter results in its domestic market.<\/p>\n<p>British advertising giant WPP gave up 2.6 percent on weak first-half results, with operating profit plunging 48 percent. <\/p>\n<\/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 Stocks Move Mostly Higher But U.K. Falls After Bank Of England Rate Cut<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>2025-08-07 17:15:45<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>European stocks turned in a mixed performance on Thursday, with U.K. stocks underperforming after the Bank of England reduced its benchmark interest rate for the fifth time in a year&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":62791,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-62790","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-euro-markets"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62790"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62790\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media\/62791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}