European stocks rebound from 3-week low as US bond rally pauses
European stocks rose more than 1% on Tuesday, rebounding from a 3-week low, thanks to positive sentiment as the US bond yield's rally stopped, ahead of Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell's testimony before Congress..
The Stoxx Europe 600 index rose over 1% as of 11:47 GMT, after closing lower by 1.5% yesterday, and hit a 3-week low at 477.90 points.
The tech sector saw the largest gains in Europe today, with a rise of over 2%, after the US Treasury bond yields fell.
The 10-year Treasury bonds yield fell today by more than 1.0%, in a pullback from the 2-year high of 1.808% hit yesterday.
At 15:00 GMT, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell will testify before the Senate Banking Committee.
S&P 500 futures rose more than 0.5% today ahead of Wall Street's opening, after the index closed lower by 0.1% yesterday, and hit a 3-week low at 4582.24 points.
Back to Europe, the Euro Stoxx 50 index rose 1.1%, France's CAC 40 rose 1.4%, Germany's DAX rose 1.2%, and the UK's FTSE 100 rose 0.7%.
| Symbol | Last | Change | Chg.% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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1.1346
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-0.0058
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0.5127%
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1.3554
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-0.0103
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0.7569%
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Tadawul
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12238.77
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-35.50
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0.29%
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24.347
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1.336
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5.803%
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84.900
|
1.031
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1.229%
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87.69
|
-0.69
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0.78%
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1834.610
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14.150
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0.777%
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