City workers in the La Defense commercial district on Thursday, October 9, 2025 in Paris, France.
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European stocks gained momentum in a holiday-shortened trading week on Tuesday, moving further into the green zone.
pan-european Stocks 600 By 2:00 p.m. London time (9:00 a.m. ET), the index had risen 0.5% to a new record of 590 points.
british FTSEFrench CAC40German dachshund Both companies traded about 0.6% higher, while Italy’s FTSE MIB It rose 1.2%.
London-listed mining stocks top the blue-chip index Fresnillo Increase by 5%. peer miner anglo american, antofagastaand glencore The increase was between 2% and 2.5%.
The profit is now gold and silver Futures prices were also rising on Tuesday morning. Gold rose 1.3% from the previous session to $4,399.10 an ounce, while silver rose 6.9% to $75.32 an ounce. Silver was on a roller coaster ride on Monday, setting records early in the morning before cutting gains and posting its worst day since 2021.
Defense stocks were also solid on Tuesday, although they fell on Monday in the wake of weekend peace talks between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. Lenk and line metal Each rose about 2%, bringing the year-to-date increase to nearly 200%.
Regional stock exchanges closed mixed on Monday, with defense stocks struggling as talks continued on a framework peace agreement to end the war in Ukraine.
Asia-Pacific markets fell almost overnight as tech stocks continued to fall on Wall Street on Monday on concerns about an AI bubble.
Nvidia shares fell more than 1% in the U.S. on Monday, giving back some of the more than 5% gain from last week’s trading. Like Oracle, Palantir Technologies and Meta Platforms also suffered losses.
U.S. stocks edged lower in premarket trading, with big tech stocks seeing minimal movement.
There are no major earnings or data releases in Europe on Tuesday.
—CNBC’s Lim Hui Jie and Sarah Min contributed to this market report.
