{"id":121594,"date":"2025-12-10T11:50:40","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T07:50:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/?p=121594"},"modified":"2025-12-10T14:12:28","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T10:12:28","slug":"european-stocks-flat-as-markets-brace-for-fed-rate-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/european-stocks-flat-as-markets-brace-for-fed-rate-decision\/12\/10\/market-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"European Stocks Flat as Markets Brace for Fed Rate Decision"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>European equities traded without clear direction on Wednesday, as investors remained cautious ahead of the U.S. Federal Reserve\u2019s much-anticipated interest rate decision later in the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By <strong>03:05 ET (08:05 GMT)<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Germany\u2019s DAX<\/strong> slipped <strong>0.1%<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>France\u2019s CAC 40<\/strong> dipped <strong>0.1%<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>U.K.\u2019s FTSE 100<\/strong> edged <strong>0.1% higher<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Fed Decision in Focus<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Global markets are squarely focused on the Fed\u2019s final policy meeting of the year, where a <strong>25-basis-point rate cut<\/strong> is widely expected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Key points:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Fed last cut rates on <strong>October 29<\/strong>, taking the target range down to <strong>3.75%\u20134.00%<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>This meeting could be highly divisive, with <strong>5 of the 12 FOMC voting members<\/strong> expressing skepticism or outright opposition to additional easing.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Policymakers face a <strong>data blackout<\/strong>, as November\u2019s employment report has been delayed until <strong>December 16<\/strong> due to the longest government shutdown in U.S. history.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The absence of fresh data complicates the Fed\u2019s ability to assess the state of the labor market, increasing uncertainty around the tone of its guidance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ahead of the Fed decision, the <strong>Bank of Canada<\/strong> is expected to <strong>leave rates unchanged at 2.25%<\/strong>, with economists now anticipating no move until at least <strong>2027<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Corporate Movers: TUI Surges on Record 2025 Earnings<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In Europe, corporate headlines drew selective investor interest:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>TUI<\/strong> soared after reporting <strong>record adjusted earnings for fiscal 2025<\/strong>, beating its upgraded August forecast and posting a <strong>12.6% annual increase<\/strong>. The tourism group also announced its <strong>first dividend payout<\/strong>, boosting sentiment.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Storebrand<\/strong> raised its <strong>2028 group result target<\/strong> and lifted its <strong>return on equity goal to 17%<\/strong> from 14%.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Husqvarna<\/strong> unveiled revised long-term financial goals and a major <strong>cost-reduction program<\/strong> ahead of its capital markets day.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Later today, attention will shift to the U.S. market as investors await <strong>Oracle\u2019s quarterly results<\/strong>, with the software and cloud-computing giant seen as a key gauge of enterprise spending momentum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>European equities traded without clear direction on Wednesday, as investors remained cautious ahead of the U.S. Federal Reserve\u2019s much-anticipated interest rate decision later in the day. By 03:05 ET (08:05 GMT): Germany\u2019s DAX slipped 0.1% France\u2019s CAC 40 dipped 0.1% U.K.\u2019s FTSE 100 edged 0.1% higher Fed Decision in Focus Global markets are squarely focused &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":98251,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,6827,49,36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-121594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-commodities-news","category-daily-economic-reports","category-economic-reports","category-market-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121594"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121594\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":121595,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121594\/revisions\/121595"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}