Europe indexes almost flat awaiting fresh batch of corporate earnings

[Global Business Strategy on Digital Display]
Tom Werner

London (UKX [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/UKX]) +0.35 to 9,663, extending its winning streak to eight sessions, driven by gains in miners and upbeat corporate updates.

Germany (DAX:IND [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/DAX:IND]) +0.01% to 24,280.

France (CAC:IND [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/CAC:IND]) -0.17% to 8,203.

In other parts of Europe, Spain's GDP expands 2.8% in Q3, flash estimates show. [https://seekingalpha.com/news/4509947-spains-gdp-expands-28-in-q3-flash-estimates-show#source=url_first_level%3Amarket-news%7Csection%3Amarket-pulse%7Csection_asset%3Anews_title]

Retail sales in Estonia increased by 3.7% Y/Y in September.

The Swedish economy expanded 1.1% Q/Q in Q3. The Swedish economy contracted 0.1% M/M in September.

Retail sales in Norway fell by 0.5% Y/Y in September.

European natural gas futures hovered near €32 per megawatt-hour, returning to their recent trading range as investors balanced strong storage levels against signs of tightening supply and rising demand.

The pan-European Stoxx 600 [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/STOXX] (STOXX) [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/STOXX] up 0.11% to 576.4, as investors read a fresh round of corporate earnings, with reports coming from Adidas (OTCQX:ADDYY [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/ADDYY]), Airbus (OTCPK:EADSY [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/EADSY]) (EASF), Mercedes-Benz (OTCPK:MBGAF [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/MBGAF]), UBS (UBS [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/UBS]) and Banco Santander (SAN [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/SAN]), among others.The Fed is expected to lower the federal funds rate by 25bps at its October 2025 meeting, bringing the target range to 3.75%–4.00%.

In the bond market, the yield on the US 10-year Treasury was down less than 1 basis point to 3.98%.

Germany's 10-year yield was up less than 1 basis point to 2.62%.

UK's 10-year yield was down 1 basis point to 4.39%.

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