Overview
- Futures pricing from IG points to a drop of nearly 1% to 23,935 after the index closed Monday at 24,132, having briefly reclaimed the 24,000 mark.
- Strategists describe a potential year-end rally as plausible yet undecided, with 24,000 the near-term battleground and key moving averages weighing on momentum.
- OPEC+ approved a small output increase for December and signaled no further hikes in the first quarter of 2026, lifting Brent and WTI by roughly 0.8%.
- Auto shares led Monday’s gains on signs of easing chip-supply tensions with China, while Siemens Energy touched record levels on sustained data-center power demand.
- Lufthansa faces no immediate pilot strike as VC Cockpit grants more time in a pension dispute, Italian police seized Campari shares worth nearly €1.3 billion in a tax probe, and BioNTech is due to report Q3 with a stated goal of a first U.S. oncology filing by end‑2025.