*FINANCIAL MARKETS*
EURO STOXX 50 futures rose 9 points to 4,776, FTSE futures added 30.5 points to 8,206.5, and German DAX futures gained 32 points to 19,236 at 0530 GMT. IBEX 35 futures rose 4.0 points (+0.03%) to 11,640.0 points.
Japan’s Nikkei rose after two consecutive sessions of declines, at a time when microprocessor-related stocks followed the bullish trail of Nvidia, the artificial intelligence star, while gold was headed for its biggest weekly gain in almost eight months after Russia lowered its threshold for using nuclear weapons and fired a hypersonic ballistic missile at Ukraine.
Oil prices extended gains, heading for a weekly rise, as the war in Ukraine escalated and Russian President Vladimir Putin warned of global conflict.
COMPANIES*
Iberdrola sets the price of its subordinated green bonds for 800 million euros (Reuters)
Aguila sells 5% of Colonial in an accelerated placement (Reuters)
Deoleo receives an unfavorable ruling for its Italian subsidiary Carapelli Firenze in Italy and will face a payment of 89 million euros (Reuters)
Cobra offers ACS and Vinci to buy 1 GW of renewables in Spain and Brazil (El Economista)
*ECONOMY AND POLITICS*
Spain’s Congress of Deputies on Thursday approved the government’s new fiscal plans, which include a three-year extension of a modified temporary levy on banks, in a last-minute deal with smaller parties (Reuters)
Japan’s core inflation in October remained above the central bank’s 2% target and an important gauge that eliminates the fuel effect accelerated, keeping pressure on the central bank to raise still-low interest rates.
US President-elect Donald Trump said on Thursday he would nominate former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi for the country’s attorney general, quickly replacing his former candidate Matt Gaetz after the former congressman withdrew from office. nomination.
Trump entertained the idea of naming Kevin Warsh as US Treasury secretary with the understanding that he could later become chairman of the Federal Reserve, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter.
*AGENDA*
COMPANIES
Lar España publishes results for the third quarter.
Viscofan is trading at a dividend discount on shares.
CENTRAL BANKS
Speech by the Chairman of the Governing Council of the Swiss National Bank, Martin Schlegel, “The SNB and its Observers” in Zurich (1240 GMT).
Observations by the Vice President of the ECB, Luis de Guindos, at the Economic Observatory Forum organized by El Confidencial/MAPFRE in Madrid (0840 GMT).
Participation of ECB board member Isabel Schnabel in Panel 3 “Monetary policy” at the colloquium in honor of Claudio Borio in Basel, Switzerland (1545 GMT).
Speech by the President of the ECB, Christine Lagarde, the head of the Bundesbank, Joachim Nagel, and the governor of the Bank of France, François Villeroy de Galhau, at the European Banking Congress in Frankfurt (0800 GMT).
MACROECONOMIC DATA
- Japan CPI
- Composite PMI for Germany, France, Eurozone, United Kingdom and United States
- Germany GDP
- UK retail sales