The decisions of the ECB and the words of President Christine Lagarde push the European stock markets with the Stoxx 600 index gaining 1%. Government bonds are falling as the market begins to discount a future cut in interest rates.
On the currency front, the euro is stable at 1.0886 against the dollar. After an uncertain start, the main stock markets have regained optimism with Madrid gaining 0.9%, Paris (+0.6%), Frankfurt (-0.5%), London and Milan (+ 0.2%) The technology sector is on the rise with the prospects of investments in the semiconductor sector.