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European shares make slight moves on Brexit, stimulus uncertainty

Published 03/12/2020, 09:13
Updated 03/12/2020, 09:18
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Dec 3 (Reuters) - European shares made lacklustre moves at
the open on Thursday, awaiting more signals from Brexit
negotiators, while tracking progress in stimulus measures and
vaccines as economies still reeled from the fallout of the
COVID-19 pandemic.
The UK and the European Union might have made enough
progress to agree to a trade deal in the next few days, the BBC
reported, less than five weeks ahead of Britain's exit from the
bloc. London's FTSE 100 .FTSE stayed near Wednesday's closing
levels, when it ended over 1% higher after United Kingdom became
the first country to approve Pfizer and BioNtech's coronavirus
vaccine for roll-out next week. .L
After a choppy session on Wall Street overnight due to
concerns over a fiscal stimulus package, gains in Asia were
limited by a dip in mainland China shares .CSI300 .SSEC
after the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill that
threatened to delist Chinese companies from U.S. stock
exchanges. The pan-European STOXX 600 index .STOXX was little
changed. Eyes will be on services PMIs from the euro zone
economies due in the morning session.

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