S&P 500 — US Large Cap Index
FTSE 100 — UK Blue Chips
Euro Stoxx 50 — Eurozone Leaders
DAX 40 — German Equities
CAC 40 — French Market Index
Nikkei 225 — Japan Benchmark
Hang Seng — Hong Kong Index
Shanghai Composite — China Mainland
ASX 200 — Australian Market
TSX Composite — Canada Index
Nifty 50 — India Large Cap
STI Index — Singapore Market
KOSPI — South Korea Index
Bovespa — Brazil Equities
JSE Top 40 — South Africa Index
IPC Index — Mexico Market
The DAX 40 was flat to lower around 26,020 on Monday, mirroring a cautious mood across European markets due to escalation tensions in the Middle East and ahead of a key ECB policy decision due later this week. The institution led by Christine Lagarde is widely expected to hike interest rates by 25 bps on Thursday. Inflation in the Eurozone has already surpassed the 3% mark and is increasingly far from the ECB’s target of 2%. Meanwhile, investors assessed the implications of the AfD’s victory in Saxony-Anhalt, which dealt a heavy blow to Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s CDU and raised concerns over political stability. Qiagen NV and Vonovia posted the biggest losses, each down over 2%. On the upside, chipmaker Infineon Technologies (3.2%) and AI-related stocks Siemens Energy (2.3%) and Hochtief (2%) advanced the most.
