Hopes for a vaccine for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) have helped European stocks close Wednesday higher, as the pan-European STOXX Europe 600 index gained 0.2%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, the DAX30 index fell by 0.41%. In Paris and London, the French CAC40 and the FTSE100 indexes lost 0.19% each.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Data showed that unemployment claims in Germany recorded 627,000 in May, increasing by 48.5% on an annual basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Spanish index, IBEX35, settled nearly unchanged, while the Italian stock exchange main index FTSE MIB closed lower by 0.23%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was reported earlier that a COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech is showing promising results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Simultaneously, recent remarks by German Chancellor Angela Merkel indicated that the UK and the European Union have made a very limited progress regarding the BREXIT deal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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