European stock markets tremble at the increase in infections and the threat of new restrictions

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The omicron threat, the increase in contagion and the new restrictions have made their appearance on the European stock exchanges this Monday, which have suffered falls of around 2% since the opening due to investors' fear of a worsening of the situation and the economy

due to the latest variant of the coronavirus.

The

once again one of the most affected indices with a 2% decline that makes it move away from 8,200 points at the start of the session, although its European pairs follow the same trend. The Dax in Frankfurt fell 2.2%; London's Ftse 100, 2%; the Cac 40 of Paris, 1.75% and something worse begins the week the Ftse Mib of Milan, which is 2.7%.

"Usually on these dates the markets tend to rise due to the

Christmas

, however, now, concerns about the economic impact that the new blocks due to Covid-19 will weigh down sentiment and put pressure on the stock markets, all in a context of rising inflation and a faster tightening of policies by the main central banks ", point out

, analyst at IG Markets.

The Netherlands has decreed new lockdowns over the weekend due to the rapid spread of Ómicron and other governments have announced restrictions on travelers arriving from the UK.

"Due to these hardening of mobility in Europe that threatens to depress the world economy next year, pessimism has reigned in the Asian stock markets," adds Ávila.

The Tokyo stock market closed Monday down more than 2%.

The Nikkei 225 index of the main stocks fell 2.13% while the Topix index fell 2.17%, as reported by Afp.

In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng index also fell 2% hours before the opening of markets in Europe.

In the selective Spanish, all values ​​remain in the

, although the

is once again one of the most punished due to fears that the conditions for travel will again harden.

Air conglomerate

plummets more than 4.4%;

hotel chain

, more than 3.5% and

, more than 3.3%.

also suffered

, with a decrease of more than 4%, and

which was around -3.7%.

On the other hand, the price of a barrel of Brent quality oil, a reference for the Old Continent, stands at a price of 71 dollars, after falling 3.1%, while Texas stands at 68 dollars, after yielding 3.7%.

In the foreign exchange market, the price of the euro against the dollar is set at 1.1257

, while the Spanish risk premium stands at 68 basis points, with the interest required on the ten-year bond at 0.331%.

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