The European markets rose on Monday when Defense shares rose before a meeting between European leaders to tackle Washington's shock policy on the war in Ukraine.
US President Donald Trump held up Kyiv and his European backers last week by calling his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to talk about starting negotiations to end the conflict.
With the fear that Europe can be set aside in the negotiations to end the three-year war, European leaders will meet later in the day in the midst of talking about larger defense spending.
London, Paris and Frankfurt stock markets all rose on Monday, with defense shares that stimulated the majority of the action.
The BAE systems of Great -Britain rose nearly seven percent and were at the top of the London FTSE 100 index, while the French defense group Thales rose more than five percent in Paris.
Shares in the German armor Rheinmetall jumped eight percent on the Dax index of Frankfurt.
However, traders were careful with the prospect of higher defense expenditure and its economic consequences.
“There is a fear that the breakdown in military ties between the US and Europe will require a huge disaster in defense expenditure, which means that debts and costs are again led higher,” said Joshua Mahony, main market analyst at Scope Markets.
London, Paris and Frankfurt stock markets all rose on Monday, with defense shares that stimulated most of the action
It contributes to the uncertainty about the trade floors since Trump returned to the Oval Office last month to announce a series of rates against important trading partners.
Although some of the measures have been delayed for negotiations, observers warn the imposition of enormous levies on exports to the largest economy in the world a big blow to the financial markets.
After a lukewarm lead from Wall Street, Asian shares finished in a mixed tone on Monday.
Hong Kong was hardly moved after last week's meeting was fed by an increase in technology companies after the release of Chinese Startup Deepsek's Chatbot.
“Deepseek proves that the Chinese private sector remains innovative and competitive, and it also shows the possibility of the continuous AI preface to China,” analysts at Bank of America Global Research said.
Yet the mood in Hong Kong was improved by the news that this week Chinese President Xi Jinping met the co-founder of Alibaba, co-founder of Alibaba and other top entrepreneurs.
The meeting has fueled the hope of new support for the private sector, which has been hit by the government in recent years by a series of hard actions, so that stock prices are hammered.
The BAE systems of Groot -Britain rose nearly seven percent, at the top of the London FTSE 100 index at the top
MA's inclusion refers to the potential public rehabilitation of the billionaire magnate after years of the spotlight after a jumble with supervisors.
Other participants were Ren Zengfei – the founder of Tech Titan Huawei – and Wang Chuanfu, who founded Giant byd of electric vehicles.
Tokyo stood up when data showed that the Japanese economy was very delayed last year, but enjoyed a predicting top last quarter thanks to strong exports.
