{"id":440033,"date":"2026-10-14T14:23:52","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T07:23:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/market-news\/european-stock-market-open-stocks-advance-as-investors-brace-for-us-inflation-data-440033\/"},"modified":"2026-10-14T14:23:52","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T07:23:52","slug":"european-stock-market-open-stocks-advance-as-investors-brace-for-us-inflation-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/market-news\/european-stock-market-open-stocks-advance-as-investors-brace-for-us-inflation-data-440033\/","title":{"rendered":"European stock market open: Stocks advance as investors brace for US inflation data"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\" class=\"text-align-justify\">European equities are kick starting the day on a more positive note, with major indices posting modest gains at the open. Here&#8217;s a snapshot of how things are playing out to start the day:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Eurostoxx +0.6%<\/li>\n<li>Germany DAX +0.4%<\/li>\n<li>France CAC 40 +0.5%<\/li>\n<li>UK FTSE +0.2%<\/li>\n<li>Spain IBEX +0.5%<\/li>\n<li>Italy FTSE MIB +0.3%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\" class=\"text-align-justify\">It&#8217;s a decent start with the gains being fairly broad-based across the region. That carries over the steadier showing from yesterday as investors continue to take a bit of a breather after having dealt with surging bond yields and growing fiscal risks in France over the past few weeks.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\" class=\"text-align-justify\">Having said that,\u00a0I wouldn&#8217;t read too much into the early gains just yet. There&#8217;s a much bigger event on the calendar today, and that&#8217;s the US CPI report for September.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\" class=\"text-align-justify\">With Treasury yields having surged to multi-decade highs in recent weeks, inflation remains a major talking point for investors. The main concern is that another hot inflation reading could reinforce expectations that the Fed will have to keep interest rates &#8220;higher for longer&#8221;, or perhaps even deliver another rate hike by year-end.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\" class=\"text-align-justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/investinglive.com\/news\/economic-data-spotlight-will-the-us-cpi-report-change-the-fed-s-rate-hike-plans\/\" rel=\"follow\">The key focus to the report later will be on core inflation<\/a>,\u00a0especially with higher energy prices expected to push up the headline reading.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\" class=\"text-align-justify\">For European stocks,\u00a0the question is now whether the positive open can hold once we get to the reaction in Treasury yields and broader risk sentiment to the inflation figures.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\" class=\"text-align-justify\">At least for now, the calmer mood is one that is prevailing. And that is also mirrored by the mood in US futures, with S&amp;P 500 futures up 0.1% as we get into the session. However, the real test for equities today will come when the US inflation numbers hit the wires later.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\" class=\"text-align-justify\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\" class=\"text-align-justify\">\n<p>                            This article was written by Justin Low at investinglive.com.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>European equities are kick starting the day on a more positive note, with major indices posting modest gains at the open. 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