[유럽증시] Slight decline amid concerns over Fed tightening policy

European stock market down (GIF)

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(Paris = Yonhap News) Correspondent Hyeran Hyun = Stock markets in major European countries ended trading with a slight decline on the 7th (local time).

The Paris Stock Exchange’s CAC40 index fell 0.57% to 6,461.68 from the previous trading day’s closing price, while the DAX30 index of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange closed 0.52% lower to 14,078.15.

The London Stock Exchange’s FTSE 100 index also fell 0.47% to 7,551.81, and the pan-European Euro Stoxx 50 index also fell 0.59% to 3,802.01.

The market said yesterday at a regular meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) that the US central bank, the Federal Reserve, might raise its benchmark interest rate by 0.5 percentage points at a time and begin quantitative tightening at a faster pace than before. watched the

In the minutes released by the Fed, several participants noted that “one or more 50bps (1bp = 0.01 percentage point) rate hike at future meetings may be appropriate, especially if inflationary pressures rise or become stronger.”

IG Group chief market analyst Chris Beuchamp said in an interview with AFP news agency that “the minutes of the Fed have pushed the central bank back to the path of austerity, which has weakened the stock market.”

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