{"id":47974,"date":"2014-02-28T07:38:24","date_gmt":"2014-02-28T12:38:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/forex-news\/?p=47974"},"modified":"2014-02-28T07:38:24","modified_gmt":"2014-02-28T12:38:24","slug":"stocks-in-europe-trades-mixed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex-news\/2014\/02\/28\/stocks-in-europe-trades-mixed\/","title":{"rendered":"Stocks In Europe Trades Mixed"},"content":{"rendered":"

By HY Markets Forex Blog<\/a><\/u><\/strong> <\/p>\n

Stocks in Europe were seen trading mixed on Friday while traders focus on macro-data from European Union countries.<\/p>\n

The European Euro Stoxx gained 0.02% to 3,140.00, while the German DAX index added 0.34% to 9,621.00 at the time of writing.<\/p>\n

At the same time the French benchmark CAC 40 edged 0.10% higher at 4,400.80, while UK\u2019s benchmark FTSE 100 lost 0.4% to 6,807.50.<\/p>\n

Stocks in the Asian region were trading mixed on the last day of the trading week as Japan\u2019s stocks were dragged lower by the government\u2019s month-end data.<\/span><\/p>\n

The German drug-makers Bayer added 0.9%, while its net income rose from 2.403 billion euros in 2012 to 3,189 billion euros in 2013.<\/p>\n

British bookmaker William Hill confirmed its net income climbed 16% to \u00a31.486 billion in the last 12 months, from \u00a31.276 billion added in the previous year.<\/p>\n

Stocks – Janet Yellen\u2019s Testimony <\/span><\/h2>\n

The new Federal Reserve (Fed) Chair Janet Yellen delivered her testimony on monetary policy before the Senate Banking Committee as part of the Fed\u2019s semi-annual policy report known as Humphrey Hawkins on Thursday. During the Q&A session Yellen said the US economy\u2019s growth slowed down since her last testimony.<\/p>\n

Yellen also said the string of data recently released, has been weal and were due to the extreme cold weather in the US.<\/p>\n

The US Federal Reserve reduced its monthly bond purchases by $10 billion at each of its two meetings, leaving its monthly stimulus at $65 billion. The yellow metal surged 70% from December 2008 to June 2011 as the central bank added over $4 trillion into the financial system to boost growth.<\/p>\n

Other News<\/span><\/h2>\n

In Germany, the country\u2019s retail sales rose 2.5% higher in January, compared to 2.1% recorded in the previous month.<\/p>\n

While in Switzerland, the Swiss Barometer increased to 2.03, rising above forecasts of 2 in February, according to reports from KOF Leading Economic Indicators.<\/p>\n

The Statistical Office of the European Union (Eurostat) is expected to release the Consumer Price Index (CPI) data later in the day.<\/p>\n

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By HY Markets Forex Blog Stocks in Europe were seen trading mixed on Friday while traders focus on macro-data from European Union countries. The European Euro Stoxx gained 0.02% to 3,140.00, while the German DAX index added 0.34% to 9,621.00 at the time of writing. At the same time the French benchmark CAC 40 edged … <\/p>\n

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