European indicators are moving upward for their upward trend for fourth meeting as investors await the meeting Trump – Putin Today (15.8.2025) in Alaska for the Ukrainian and do not seem to be concerned about the unexpected ejecting of wholesale inflation in the US yesterday.
Trump’s meeting with Putin, who will take place in Alaska, has been the first in private since the US president returned to the White House. The war in Ukraine has been over three years for more than three years, has seriously disturbed global supply chains and has raised increased prices of goods, burdening economies internationally.
The Pan -European Stoxx 600 index rose 0.25%. The FTSE 100 on the London Stock Exchange is up 0.15%, and the German DAX index by 0.53%and French CAC 40 by 0.91%. The FTSE MIB in Milan rose 1.11% and Spanish IBEX 35 0.47%.
International markets
In the currency market, the yen recorded a 0.45% rise at its exchange rate against the dollar reaching 147.10 yen around 10:20 pm Greece.
Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 index rose 1%, approaching the historic high of 43,451 points recorded Wednesday. The broader Topix index rose 0.8%, continuing its upward trend.
Markets in South Korea and India remained closed due to public holidays, which limited the volume of trading in the area.
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index fell 1.3%, while Shanghai Composite and CSI 300 in mainland rose 0.5%.
In Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 index was 0.4%, reaching a new historical high, while in Singapore the Straits Times Index fell 0.9%.
Otherwise, oil prices are minor changes, Brent at $ 66.5 a barrel and US WTI at $ 63.5, both about -0.5%, with investors awaiting what geopolitical developments may emerge from the Trump -Putin meeting.
The changes are limited for the gold that moves to $ 3,390 or ounce +0.2%,
Finally, in cryptocurrencies Bitcoin regains $ 119,000 with a rise of 0.7%.