On Wednesday, stock indexes of the largest countries in Western Europe showed moderate growth, reacting to corporate news and statistics from the eurozone. The Stoxx Europe 600 rose by 0.33% by 12:23 Moscow time, reaching 520.6 points. The DAX rose by 0.55%, the CAC 40 — by 0.3%, the FTSE MIB — by 0.2%. The FTSE 100 lost 0.08%, the IBEX 35 — 0.03%. The consumer confidence index in France rose to 92.1 points in August, coinciding with market forecasts. In Italy, sales of manufactured goods decreased by 3.7% year-on-year in July. The volume of consumer loans issued in the eurozone increased by 0.5% in July, while the volume of loans issued to non—financial companies increased by 0.6%. The key indicator of the money supply (M3 aggregate) in the eurozone showed an annual growth of 2.3%. Important economic events await investors ahead: revised US GDP data (Thursday) and preliminary data on August inflation and July unemployment in the eurozone (Friday). Prudential Plc is rising in price by 1.8% — adjusted operating profit of the insurer in the first half of the year increased to $1.54 billion. Elekta AB loses 6.4%, NatWest — 3.8%, Lloyds — 3.2%.
