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Europe markets open: Stoxx 600 flat as markets brace for ECB decision

by September 11, 2025
by September 11, 2025

A tense and watchful quiet has descended upon European markets, with stocks opening to a mixed and listless picture as the entire financial world holds its breath.

This is the calm before the storm, a market in a state of suspended animation, waiting for a crucial double-barreled verdict on the future of monetary policy from both the European Central Bank in Frankfurt and, more consequentially, from a high-stakes inflation report in the United States.

Shortly after the opening bell, the pan-European Stoxx 600 index was hovering around the flatline, a picture of deep indecision with no clear trend among major sectors or bourses.

This follows a night of record-setting gains in Japan, but the optimism from Asia has failed to cross over into a cautious Europe.

A glimmer of luxury in a sea of stillness

In a market otherwise paralyzed by anticipation, one pocket of corporate drama is providing a notable exception. Shares in the French luxury titan Kering, the owner of Gucci, added 2 percent in early trade to climb toward the top of the Stoxx 600.

The surge came after the company announced it would delay its planned acquisition of the fashion house Valentino until at least 2028, a move that investors are cheering as a sign of strategic patience and capital discipline.

A transatlantic tightrope: the verdict awaits

The Kering news, however, is merely a sideshow to the day’s main event. The primary focus for investors is the latest rate decision from the European Central Bank.

While the central bank is not expected to make any changes to its key deposit rate, which currently stands at 2 percent, the market will be dissecting its latest macroeconomic projections for any hint of a shift in its thinking.

But the more significant, market-moving data will come from across the Atlantic. Wall Street is bracing for the release of the August consumer price index (CPI), a report that will carry immense weight in determining the Federal Reserve’s next move.

Economists polled by Dow Jones are expecting a monthly increase of 0.3 percent, a figure that would keep annual inflation stubbornly above the Fed’s target.

This crucial CPI reading comes just one day after the producer price index showed an unexpected decline, a dovish surprise that has fueled hopes that the Fed will have the cover it needs to deliver an interest rate cut at its meeting next week.

The stage is now set for a tense day of waiting, as a nervous market looks for a clear signal to break the deadlock.

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