[ad_1]
The pan-European Euro Stoxx 600 index remained unchanged, with the main stock exchanges and sectors oriented in different directions.
The market is largely focused on corporate earnings as several companies are scheduled to release their first quarter results this week. Citigroup and Goldman Sachs publish their figures on Monday with banking stocks in Europe up nearly 1% in advance.
Shares of the Publicis advertising group rose 2% after the announcement of a $ 4.3 billion takeover of marketing and data company Epsilon. At the same time, Norsk Hydro shares rose nearly 4% after the Brazilian prosecutor took action to lift a production ban in the country.
Meanwhile, investors continue to follow the evolution of trade negotiations between the United States and China. US Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said he hoped the talks would end soon. He said Saturday that a trade agreement between the United States and China would go "well beyond" previous agreements between the two countries and that the two sides were "close to the latest round" of negotiations, reported Reuters.
[ad_2]
Source link