The main European stock markets, except London, ended Friday’s session in awe, weakened in particular by the announcement of lower-than-expected American job creation in December.
In Paris, the CAC 40 ended on a fall of 0.42% to 7,219.48, in Frankfurt, the Dax lost 0.65%, while in London, the FTSE 100 rose 0.37%. The EuroStoxx 50 index fell 0.44%, the FTSEurofirst 300 lost 0.35% and the Stoxx 600 lost 0.39%. The United States created 199,000 jobs in December as the omicron variant of Covid-19 began to spread across the country, according to data released by the Labor Department on Friday.
Although the unemployment rate fell to 3.9% in December from 4.2% in November, last month’s job gain is well below forecasts by Wall Street, which predicted around 420,000 jobs last month. , after several weeks of weak jobless claims and signs of strength in the private sector.
On the value front, the real estate sector suffered the most marked decline of the session, its Stoxx index losing 1.65%. The transport and leisure compartment dropped 1.6%. On the upside, the commodities stoxx rose 1.89% and that of banks gained 1.04%.
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