European indexes mixed as investors prepare for ECB decision due later today

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Tom Werner

London (UKX [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/UKX]) +0.47% to 9,269, bouncing back from a small loss in the previous session.

Germany (DAX:IND [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/DAX:IND]) -0.10% to 23,612, trading near the flatline.

France (CAC:IND [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/CAC:IND]) +0.33% to 7,787,

Kosovo’s annual inflation rate rose to 4.5% in August.

Sweden’s annual inflation rate rose to 1.1% in August.

The pan-European Stoxx 600 [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/STOXX] (STOXX) [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/STOXX] turned 0.10% higher at 552.9, as investors awaited European Central Bank's key interest rate decision. ECB is widely expected to hold interest rates unchanged [https://seekingalpha.com/news/4493743-ecb-set-to-hold-rates-at-2_00-percent-amid-tariff-uncertainty-and-stabilizing-inflation] for a second consecutive meeting on Thursday, as policymakers maintain a cautious “wait-and-see” approach

COMING UP IN THE SESSION: ECB interest rate decision due in a few hours today.

IN THE BOND MARKET, the U.S. 10-year Treasury yield was up 2 basis points to 4.06%.

Germany's 10-year yield was up less than 1 basis point to 2.66%.

UK's 10-year yield was down less than 1 basis point to 4.63%.

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