{"id":67822,"date":"2025-12-18T09:00:59","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T09:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2025\/12\/18\/european-shares-struggle-for-direction-before-us-inflation-data\/"},"modified":"2025-12-18T09:00:59","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T09:00:59","slug":"european-shares-struggle-for-direction-before-us-inflation-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2025\/12\/18\/european-shares-struggle-for-direction-before-us-inflation-data\/","title":{"rendered":"European Shares Struggle For Direction Before US Inflation Data"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><\/div><p> \n<\/p>\n<div id=\"divBody\">\n<div id=\"ctl00_CPI_dvBody\">\n<p> European stocks were muted in lackluster trade on Thursday ahead of central bank decisions from the European Central Bank and the Bank of England. <\/p>\n<p>Traders also await key U.S.CPI data later in the day, followed by the Personal Consumption Expenditures price index on Friday, for additional clues on the Fed&#8217;s rate trajectory in the new year. <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the confidence among French manufacturers rebounded strongly in December to the highest level in over one-and-a-half years, monthly data from the statistical office INSEE revealed.<\/p>\n<p>The manufacturing sentiment index rose to 102.0 in December from 98.0 in November. Economists had expected the index to remain stable at 98.0.<\/p>\n<p>The pan-European Stoxx 600 was marginally higher at 579.98 after ending little changed with a negative bias on Wednesday. <\/p>\n<p>The German DAX was little changed and France&#8217;s CAC 40 edged up by 0.1 percent while the U.K.&#8217;s FTSE 100 traded with a negative bias after rising sharply in the previous session on weaker-than-expected inflation data. <\/p>\n<p>Swiss engineering group ABB edged down slightly after it agreed to acquire IPEC, a U.K.-based <span class=\"landLinks\">technology<\/span> company with more than 30 years of experience in electrical diagnostics. <\/p>\n<p>Perfume retailer Douglas slumped 7.6 percent after saying it has experienced heightened price sensitivity among customers as well as growing competitive pressure from discount campaigns in the 2024-25 fiscal year. <\/p>\n<p>Electronics retailer Currys jumped 8 percent after more than doubling its first half adjusted profit before tax. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div><\/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 Struggle For Direction Before US Inflation Data<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>2025-12-18 09:00:59<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>European stocks were muted in lackluster trade on Thursday ahead of central bank decisions from the European Central Bank and the Bank of England. 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