{"id":408518,"date":"2026-04-24T11:52:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T11:52:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/408518\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T11:52:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T11:52:19","slug":"global-markets-european-shares-fall-set-for-weekly-loss-on-middle-east-worries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/408518\/","title":{"rendered":"Global Markets | European shares fall, set for weekly loss on Middle East worries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>European shares fell on Friday and were set to end the week lower, as investors remained concerned about the lack of progress toward a resolution to the <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#Markets#href\" href=\"https:\/\/m.economictimes.com\/topic\/middle-east-conflict\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Middle East conflict<\/a>, while also \u200ckeeping a \u2060close \u2060watch on <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#Markets#href\" href=\"https:\/\/m.economictimes.com\/topic\/corporate-earnings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">corporate earnings<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The pan-European <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#Markets#href\" href=\"https:\/\/m.economictimes.com\/topic\/stoxx-600-index\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">STOXX 600 index<\/a> declined 0.5% to 611.04 points, as of 0715 GMT. It was on track to log 2.5% weekly decline after rising for four consecutive weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the major regional markets mirrored the decline.<\/p>\n<p>Investor sentiment remained fragile despite signs of diplomatic movement. Israel and Lebanon \u200bagreed to extend their ceasefire by three weeks \u2060following a \u200cWhite House meeting brokered by U.S. President Donald Trump, \u200bwho said \u200bhe was willing to wait for &#8220;the best deal&#8221; to \u2060end the conflict with Iran.<\/p>\n<p>Still, the war has \u200bnow stretched to around eight weeks, with Washington and \u200bTehran remaining at an impasse.<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ET logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/118783427.cms.png\" width=\"90%\"\/>Live Events<br \/>Markets have swung between optimism that a breakthrough may be near and concern that the conflict could drag on, with little clarity on when tensions might ease.<br \/>Benchmark Brent crude hovered above $100 per barrel, as the Strait of Hormuz remains effectively shut, \u200cadding to worries over energy supplies and inflation.Among sectors, most traded in negative territory, with aerospace and defence leading \u200bthe declines, \u200bdown 2.4%.<\/p>\n<p>Technology was \u2060the standout gainer, rising 0.7%, helped by a 5.5% jump in SAP shares after the German software maker beat first-quarter profit estimates on strong growth \u200bin its cloud business.<\/p>\n<p>Germany&#8217;s DAX outperformed other major European indexes and was up 0.1%, supported by gains in SAP.<\/p>\n<p>European corporate earnings have so far shown relative resilience, but the escalating risks tied to the Middle East conflict and surging oil prices continue to cloud the outlook.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"European shares fell on Friday and were set to end the week lower, as investors remained concerned about&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":408519,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[184542,114,160939,193107,85,46,157540,193109,193108],"class_list":["post-408518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-brent-crude-prices","tag-business","tag-corporate-earnings","tag-european-shares-fall","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-middle-east-conflict","tag-sap-shares-rise","tag-stoxx-600-index"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=408518"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408518\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/408519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=408518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=408518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=408518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}