European equity markets diverge at open

By MG News | January 05, 2022 at 02:22 PM GMT+05:00

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January 05, 2022: Europe's main stock markets opened mixed Wednesday after Asia and Wall Street grappled with elevated inflation and expected interest rate hikes amid easing Omicron virus fears.

In initial trade, London's benchmark FTSE 100 index slid almost 0.3 percent to 7,486.73 points compared with the closing level on Tuesday.

On the upside in the eurozone, Frankfurt's DAX index climbed 0.2 percent to 16,177.89 points and the Paris CAC 40 also won 0.2 percent to 7,331.75.

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Name	Price/Vol	%Chg/NChg
KSE100	131,202.73 36.89M	0.39% 516.07
ALLSHR	81,642.95 185.40M	0.42% 337.70
KSE30	40,122.83 18.74M	0.44% 177.38
KMI30	191,378.27 20.16M	0.36% 680.22
KMIALLSHR	55,207.12 90.56M	0.24% 132.97
BKTi	34,950.08 2.67M	1.10% 381.68
OGTi	28,620.59 1.76M	-0.41% -118.76

Symbol	Bid/Ask	High/Low

Name	Last	High/Low	Chg/%Chg
BITCOIN FUTURES	109,600.00	110,525.00 109,600.00	-815.00 -0.74%
BRENT CRUDE	68.65	68.89 68.42	-0.15 -0.22%
RICHARDS BAY COAL MONTHLY	97.50	0.00 0.00	-0.75 -0.76%
ROTTERDAM COAL MONTHLY	108.45	109.80 108.45	-0.55 -0.50%
USD RBD PALM OLEIN	998.50	998.50 998.50	0.00 0.00%
CRUDE OIL - WTI	66.95	67.18 66.72	-0.05 -0.07%
SUGAR #11 WORLD	16.37	16.40 15.44	0.79 5.07%