Overview
- London’s FTSE 100 crossed 10,000 for the first time, trading near 10,025.56 with miners leading gains including Fresnillo.
- Paris’s CAC 40 closed up 0.56% at 8,195.21, lifted by technology shares as STMicroelectronics jumped 4.46%.
- France’s 2025 new-car registrations fell 5.02%, yet Renault rose 2.65% and Stellantis gained 3.27% as investors hunted value.
- Defense stocks advanced as Kyiv hosts a security advisers’ meeting with U.S. participation by video and roughly 15 countries plus EU and NATO representatives.
- Activity stayed light after the holidays as investors watched for December PMIs and ECB credit and M3 data, with 10-year yields near 3.59% in France and 2.88% in Germany.