{"id":123483,"date":"2021-05-03T07:38:44","date_gmt":"2021-05-03T07:38:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=123483"},"modified":"2021-05-03T07:38:44","modified_gmt":"2021-05-03T07:38:44","slug":"european-markets-open-higher-uk-market-closed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/markets\/european-markets-open-higher-uk-market-closed\/","title":{"rendered":"European markets open higher; UK market closed"},"content":{"rendered":"
LONDON \u2014 European stocks opened higher on Monday on the first trading day of May, with the U.K. closed for the May Day public holiday.<\/p>\n
Germany's DAX and France's CAC 40 both opened 0.2% higher while Italy's FTSE MIB opened slightly above the flatline.<\/p>\n
The buoyant start to the trading day in Europe follows a similarly positive trend elsewhere overnight with U.S. stock futures moving higher in overnight trading as investors readied for the first trading day of May.<\/p>\n
Despite Friday's weakness in equities, the S&P 500 notched its third straight month of gains in April, adding more than 5% to the index as investors bet on a big economic and profit recovery from the pandemic.<\/p>\n
Investors will also be monitoring the next batch of corporate earnings stateside Monday, and data releases that include U.S. manufacturing PMI data for April which will be released at 9:45 a.m. ET.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, stocks in Asia-Pacific slipped in Monday trade, with major markets in China, Thailand and Japan closed for holidays.<\/p>\n
Investors in Asia-Pacific continued to monitor the Covid situation in India as the country continues to battle a deadly second wave of infections. Over the weekend,\u00a0more than 400,000 daily new cases were registered for the first time.<\/p>\n
On a quiet day for European earnings, Siemens Healthineers releases its latest earnings report. Data releases include German annual retail sales in March and French export and import data for March.<\/p>\n
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