{"id":440365,"date":"2026-10-19T16:00:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T09:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/market-news\/european-stock-market-open-french-unrest-weighs-on-stocks-to-start-the-new-week-440365\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T16:00:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T09:00:12","slug":"european-stock-market-open-french-unrest-weighs-on-stocks-to-start-the-new-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/market-news\/european-stock-market-open-french-unrest-weighs-on-stocks-to-start-the-new-week-440365\/","title":{"rendered":"European stock market open: French unrest weighs on stocks to start the new week"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Eurostoxx -0.8%<\/li>\n<li>Germany DAX -0.7%<\/li>\n<li>France CAC 40 -1.1%<\/li>\n<li>UK FTSE 100 -0.5%<\/li>\n<li>Spain IBEX -1.2%<\/li>\n<li>Italy FTSE MIB -1.0%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\" class=\"text-align-justify\">It&#8217;s rough out there in Europe to start the week,\u00a0with major indices firmly in the red at the open. That is in contrast to what we&#8217;re seeing in US futures, which are <a href=\"https:\/\/investinglive.com\/stocks\/us-futures-look-to-rebound-after-tech-rout-but-the-real-test-is-still-ahead\/\" rel=\"follow\">enjoying a decent bounce<\/a>\u00a0following last week&#8217;s heavy losses. So, what&#8217;s the deal with Europe today?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\" class=\"text-align-justify\">Well, the violent protests in France over the weekend are adding another layer of uncertainty to an already difficult political and fiscal situation. And that unease is also being clearly reflected in the bond market at the moment. The yield spread between French and German 10-year government bonds has widened back to around 145 bps, as investors continue to demand a hefty premium to hold French debt over its German counterpart.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\" class=\"text-align-justify\">That is hardly a comforting sign\u00a0for a country already struggling with ballooning public debt and a difficult political environment heading into next year&#8217;s presidential election. If anything, the bigger concern is not so much\u00a0the riots themselves. It is what the\u00a0growing public discontent could mean for the government&#8217;s ability to push through much-needed fiscal reforms.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\" class=\"text-align-justify\">And with the protests also spreading to other parts of Europe, it is perhaps little surprise that regional stocks aren&#8217;t sharing the enthusiasm from US futures today.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\" class=\"text-align-justify\">As we get into the new week, keep a watchful eye on the\u00a0French-German yield spread. If that widens beyond the 150 bps mark, it would be a damaging signal to risk sentiment as it shows that investors are\u00a0growing even more nervous about France&#8217;s fiscal outlook. And that could very well\u00a0leave European stocks struggling to find much relief, even if US stocks manage to stage a more convincing recovery.<\/p>\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>Eurostoxx -0.8% Germany DAX -0.7% France CAC 40 -1.1% UK FTSE 100 -0.5% Spain IBEX -1.2% Italy FTSE MIB -1.0% It&#8217;s rough out there in Europe to start the week,\u00a0with major indices&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":216,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[86],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-440365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-market-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/216"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=440365"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440365\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=440365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=440365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=440365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}