Lucy Harley-McKeown
FTSE 100, Europe and US markets lower as earnings take centre stage
How major markets are performing on Monday
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The FTSE 100, European markets and US stock indexes were in the red on Monday, as attention turned to megacap earnings reports. Earlier this morning, the mood was sunnier for commodity stocks as the People's Bank of China cut lending rates.
The FTSE 100 (^FTSE) was 0.4% lower by the end of the trading day. In early trade it had been led upwards by mining stocks such as Fresnillo (FRES.L), Glencore (GLEN.L) and Antofagasta (ANTO.L), which gained on rate cut news from China. Strong business activity in China tends to lift the stock prices of companies selling raw materials.
The DAX (^GDAXI) was 0.9% lower in Germany, while France's CAC (^FCHI) was 1% lower.
The pan-European STOXX 600 (^STOXX) fell 0.6%.
Over in the US, the S&P 500 (^GSPC) fell 0.6% at the opening bell, while the Dow (^DJI) pulled 0.8% downwards. The Nasdaq (^IXIC) fell 0.5%, after gaining earlier.
Investors are on edge for Tesla's (TSLA) report on Wednesday, after its robotaxi unveiling fell short of expectations. The EV maker is the highlight of the week amid questions about Big Tech performance, even after Netflix's (NFLX) strong kickoff to the megacap season.
General Motors (GM), Coca-Cola (KO), American Airlines (AAL), and UPS (UPS) are among several other big hitters on the earnings docket this week.
The People's Bank of China made expected moves to cut rates earlier on Monday, reducing both its two and five-year rate by 25 basis points. The two-year rate is 3.1% and the five-year rate stands at 3.6%.
Gold (GC=F) prices rose 0.2% to $2,735 a troy ounce by the end of the London session, below all-time highs.
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