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The latest flare-up in fighting probably won't force the European Central Bank's hand on Thursday, even as energy costs creep higher.
Analysts at ING said a surprise hike at Thursday's meeting “should not be fully ruled out.”
The ECB hiked its key deposit rate by 25 basis points in June as energy prices spiked. Investors had written off a hike at next week's meeting, but higher oil prices have brought monetary policy back into question.
The DAX is singled out as the market most likely to see squeeze-driven gains in the weeks ahead Citi has warned that European stock markets face a growing risk of short squeezes, as investors caught betting against rising prices are forced to buy back their positions. The US bank said global equity positioning remained supportive of further gains, but that regional differences were becoming more pronounced.
Europe's major stock markets ended higher on Friday, with the pan-European STOXX 600 and Germany's DAX reaching fresh record highs as investors welcomed easing expectations for near-term US interest rate hikes and rotated into cyclical sectors. The STOXX 600 climbed 0.7% to close at a record high after touching an intraday peak of 652.35, registering its strongest weekly gain since mid-May.
Eastern and central European countries including Poland, Bulgaria, Romania and Estonia have demanded the European Union strengthen a fund that helps poorer EU nations transition to clean energy, a letter seen by Reuters showed, as Brussels prepares to overhaul the bloc's biggest climate change policy.
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