investingLive European markets wrap: Oil holds firmer, stocks steady on cautious optimism
The Eurozone's March harmonized CPI year-over-year final reading was 2.6%, compared to an expectation of 2.5% and an initial reading of 2.5%
The EU's preliminary agreement reduces the steel tariff-free import quota by half, and the excess tariff rate is raised to 50%
Europe STOXX 600 Index initially closed down 0.57% at 610.08 points. Eurozone STOXX 50 Index initially closed down 0.81% at 5865.30 points. FTSEurofirst 300 Index initially closed down 0.56% at 2433.67 points
Germany's DAX 30 index initially closed up 4.72% at 24003.06 points. France's stock index initially closed up 4.37%, Italy's stock index initially closed up 3.18% with its banking index up 5.40%, and the UK stock index initially closed up 2.40%
Eurozone April Sentix investor confidence -19.2 vs -9.0 expected