European stock markets closed with the largest number of victims facing trade tensions

The main European stock markets closed on Wednesday with ups and downs, opting for caution in a quiet session – in the absence of Wall Street – and with international trade tensions as a backdrop.

London fell by 0.27% It stood at 7,573.09 points. Frankfurt closed down 0.26% to 12 317.61 points. Paris is stable, + 0.07% at 5,320.50 points. Milan lost 0.36% and it was 21.687 points. Madrid wins 1%, closed at 9,757.5 points.

The financial markets have once again parsed the doses of optimism that prevailed yesterday in Europe. The red numbers are then returned to Wall Street, and today they remained in Asian stocks.

The tariff war threatens a new regrowth, with China's announcement to ban flea sales from American Micron Technology to the Asian giant, in principle, for a patent litigation . But the measure is also interpreted as a retaliation of the restrictions imposed by the United States on China's technology sector.

• Tokyo

The Tokyo Stock Exchange closed again on Wednesday in red for the third day in a row, in a context of caution due to trade tensions between China and the United States.

At the end of trading, the Nikkei index of 225 major stocks fell 0.3%, reaching 21,717.04 points.

] On the foreign exchange market, the dollar closed at 110.40 yen on Wednesday at the close, against 110.97 yen on Tuesday at the same time. For its part, the euro was worth 128.81 yen, against 129.21 yen the day before.