By Steve Goldstein
European stocks rose on Monday, buoyed by a move from U.S. President Donald Trump to unilaterally extend jobless benefits in the world’s top economy.
After a 2% gain last week, the Stoxx Europe 600 /zigman2/quotes/210599654/delayed XX:SXXP +0.72% rose 0.2%.
Oil giants BP /zigman2/quotes/202286639/delayed UK:BP +0.53% , Royal Dutch Shell /zigman2/quotes/206428183/delayed UK:RDSA +0.38% and Total /zigman2/quotes/206172043/delayed FR:FP +0.52% were among the gainers.
The U.K. FTSE 100 /zigman2/quotes/210598409/delayed UK:UKX +0.41% , and French CAC 40 /zigman2/quotes/210597958/delayed FR:PX1 +0.53% each rose 0.3%, while the German DAX /zigman2/quotes/210597999/delayed DX:DAX +0.77% was fractionally lower.
U.S. stock futures /zigman2/quotes/208225921/composite SP +3.15% also rose.
The moves came as President Trump signed four executive orders over the weekend , including one that extends federal unemployment benefits at a rate of $400 a week from the expired level of $600 a week, and another that temporarily cuts payroll taxes. It isn’t clear whether the executive orders will withstand legal challenges, and the benefits funding, achieved through tapping an emergency program, is set to last five weeks.
“Risk assets are signaling a considerable drop in Congress’ ‘cliff-edge’ premium; nevertheless, if U.S. lawmakers underdeliver, it could pleat economic growth expectations into year-end,” said Stephen Innes, global chief markets strategist at AxiCorp.
The latest report on U.S. job openings comes at 10 a.m. Eastern.
Carnival /zigman2/quotes/210414141/delayed UK:CCL -0.65% shares rose 1.6%, as its Aida division extended its pause of its cruise season until Sept. 30, except for early September trips from Kiel and Hamburg.
The U.S. dollar /zigman2/quotes/210561895/realtime/sampled USDTRY -0.3746% rose 0.5% to 7.33 Turkish lira. “If Turkey implodes again it will be more of an issue for the EUR than the USD since some big southern European banks hold large exposures in TRY, although less materially so than in 2018. We see this as a potential trigger for a setback in EUR/USD towards the 1.1530 zone,” said analysts at Nordea.
The euro /zigman2/quotes/210561242/realtime/sampled EURUSD +0.2230% edged lower to $1.7774.
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