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The dollar also fell for the second day in a row as traders sold the greenback to Thanksgiving and after Wall Street saw Apple's shares tumble 280 billion US dollars ($ 386 billion) in recent weeks, have failed.
"I think the recent developments in equities have basically been to get big techs to catch up with the rest of the market," said Eoin Murray, chief investment officer at Hermes Investment Management.
"After the (global market) wobble at the end of January, it's really only the big technology that has sank into the stratosphere … So it's just a big technology coming back to earth."
The European technology sector lost another 0.75%, but it was not the worst. Banks fell to 1.6% and mining companies and other resource companies fell by nearly 2% before gaining ground again.
The falls also reflect the Sino-US trade war, encouraging investors to withdraw money before US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, meet in Argentina next week.
The objective is to know if they can progress in their commercial dispute.
The G20 group of the world's largest economies implemented 40 new trade restrictive measures between mid-May and mid-October, for a total of US $ 481 billion in trade, announced Thursday the World Trade Organization.
Three-quarters of the restrictions were tariff increases, many of which were retaliation against the steel and aluminum tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump in March.
But the WTO has not taken into account the measures announced since or not yet implemented, and a G20 country has asked that its actions be omitted from the follow-up report, said the report. ; WTO.
Rush for Brexit
In the absence of US trading to wait later, traders are content to watch the European drama of Brexit unfold.
The British pound rebounded to 1.29 and 88.50 pence of dollar per euro after London and Brussels agreed on a text exposing their relations after the split, as EU leaders should approve at a summit on Sunday.
A little more than four months before Britain's departure from the European Union, Brexit negotiations and political uncertainty in Britain remain the main drivers of the sterling, and many analysts worry about its prospects.
"While the UK and the European Union are rushing to negotiate an agreement on Brexit, the pound sterling currently enjoys some support and upward pressure on the front of the rate market, "said Kit Juckes, Société Générale's strategist.
"Although we will not be long in refocusing on the Prime Minister's challenge to get the support of the House of Commons for his agreement on Brexit," he added.
Simon Fraser, the former permanent secretary of the British Foreign Ministry, said he was expecting British politicians to vote on the agreement reached on December 10th.
"Huge pressures would be exerted on members of parliament and I think there's a reasonable chance that she's going through that … if it's not during the first vote, potentially when it's over." 39, a second vote, "he told an appeal organized by the Amundi fund manager.
Petroleum oil
The Brexit text also saw the euro appreciating against the dollar, which meant that the single currency had barely moved that the minutes of the ECB meeting showed that its politicians were keen to confirm their plans to reduce stimulus measures by the end of the year.
The South African central bank, however, triggered a lot more actions, while the tight decision to raise the interest rate in a meeting difficult to convene had already pushed up its currency, the rand, more than 1%.
Returning to the emerging equity markets, the broadest MSCI Asia-Pacific equity index out of Japan has changed little, after recovering from an initial swing.
The index has managed to hold its ground so far in November after three consecutive monthly declines, but is on the brink of its worst annual performance since 2011.
Japan's Nikkei finished up nearly 0.7%, but ongoing trade and technological fears have kept Chinese equities close to 0.4% in the red.
"Investors are still wary of knowing they will see new lows, because none of the problems at the root of the recent correction has dissipated," said Shane Oliver, head of strategy investment at AMP in Sydney.
In commodities, China-sensitive metals, such as copper, fell and oil prices reversed, even though they were still above their record lows a year earlier this week.
US crude futures dropped 42 cents to $ 54.21 a barrel after hitting a low of $ 52.77 on Tuesday. Brent fell 45 cents to $ 63.03, from Tuesday's low of $ 61.71.
Gold has risen, with spot prices of $ 1,227.60 an ounce.
Reuters
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