Europe closes a week marked by The last milestone of the Continent Reference Stock Exchange: overcome its historical maximums that reached during the Bubuja.com. The Eurostoxx 50 transferred the 5,464 points, which were its highest levels until Thursday, since it has also renewed and marked new stops of its entire history in the 5,510 points at the close of this session, thanks to its rise in 3.5 % weekly. This is a moment of celebration for the old continent, the continental index has taken 25 years to re -quote at these levels prior to the bubble explosion of the world -related firms related to the world Puntocom. The European Variable Income is living a spectacular boiling since the year began, the main references of the continent already exceed 10% annual ascent, compared to the light increases that the Wall Street giants are noted. Meanwhile, the national selective is also partying when the eighth consecutive week of increases, with an ascent of 2.1% weekly that leaves the index at 12,956 points, which represents an annual increase of 11.8%.
The fact that the European stock market is contributing again in its 2000 historical maximums, and marking better levels, is an important achievement for the selective, which is noted by 12.6% in the year. The Eurostoxx has spent the whole century trying 5,464 points again and recovering from the fall of the bubble Puntocom He has taken 25 years. And, before each sign of recovery that the index showed, A new crisis arrived that knocked down his quote and returned to move it away from his highest levels in history.
Of the Puntocom To the Ukraine War
The rise of firms related to the prefix of world Wide Web He took the index to his best levels in history, investors wanted to enter fully into these companies that presented themselves as the future, which led many technological ones to quickly raise their price. Therefore, with such a marked rise, when it arrived The explosion of this bubble in the face of the loss of confidence, the fall was equally blunt. Before the decline of these firms, the index reached historical minimums in 2003: the 1,849 points, below the 2,530 points at which it began to quote. Many of these companies They disappeared along the wayas is the case of Pets.com or the iconic yahoo! which is now in the hands of Verizon.
Although later came a moment of boiling for the markets, another crisis was the crisis, in this case it came from the heart of the banking sector. Lehman’s bankruptcy Brothers In 2008 he marked a before and after for the world economy. What began with the bankruptcy of one of the great American banks, ended to fall below its worst levels of history, at this time marked new minimums at 1,809 points, which continues to be its lowest level to date.
Very little later, the crisis was installed within Europe, endangering the unique currency of the region. “I will do whatever it is to save the euro … and believe me, it will be enough,” said Mario Draghi, president of the European Central Bank (ECB), while I was in functions. These words that ended up fulfilling the senior president, but not easily, Greece had to be rescued and the consequences of austerity policies did not have the same magnitude for all members of the European Union. The high debt of the known ironically as Pigs (Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece and Spain) led to the fixed income to climb their profitability and with it led the risk premiums to unsustainable levels for the central banks of these countries.
Finally, Europe left that long bumpthe beginning of this decade was painted positive until the Covid-19 pandemic exploded. Globally, isolation was imposed to avoid the spread of the virus, which meant a break in economic activity and the Covid Crash It soon appeared. At that time, Europe, with the lesson learned from the euro crises, financially supported its economies, with the aim of promoting growth again, but in February 2022 the invasion of Russia to Ukraine opened a new inflation pressure front with A war at the gates of the continent.
From there, the ECB, under Christine Lagarde, increased the price of money to 4.5%, to be able to deal with galloping inflation in the region due to the increase in energy prices, a Direct consequence of the armed conflict. And high interest rates did not begin to reverse until last year, with the aim of cheering the European economy, the first reduction of the basic type in eight years. Even so, the region still faces high inflation and a low industrial competitiveness of its countries, but with serious problems in some of its main economies, such as Germany and France.
Europe in double digit
This is the backdrop For the achievements of the European Stock Exchange so far from 2025, in addition, the results season continues in the region, which continue to beat the expectations, and while the companies of the continent continue to improve its benefits, the investment euphoria will not have Stop. The German Dax Corona the weekly increases when 3.6% are recorded, and in the year it accumulates 13.5% ascentwhich has allowed the German selective to continue scoring new maximums in its history, above 22,612 points. Investors are betting in this context for the next elections, set in the calendar for February 23, in which they expect the winner of The polls encourage investment to reactivate the decayed German economy.
Meanwhile, CAC 40 scores almost 3% weekly, and thus gets 11.1% in the year and approaching its historical maximums: the 8,239 points, of which it is less than 1%. The FTSE 100, which advances 0.5% this week and corrects in the last session, also stays to less than 1% of the 8,807 points it reached last week.
Even so, there are very distant rates of their historical maximums, such as the FTSE MIB and IBEX 35, which recorded 2.8% upload this week each. The Italian stock market advances 11.4% this 2025 and reaches 38,070 points, which leaves the index to 32% of the 50,109 points, which are levels prior to the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers. The national selective, meanwhile, rises 12% in the year, practically at 13,000 points, but is 23% of its stops, also prior to the outbreak of the 2008 crisis.
The two sectors that are marking the biggest increases in the year are banking and luxury, the flagships of Europe. In the case of banks, precisely Spanish entities are the leaders of the increases, the Santander and BBVA Bank, which rise by 30% and 28%, respectively in the year, while the third position is occupied by the adyen payments company , with 27.5% ascent.
Banking signatures are living a spectacular revaluation, Although the ECB continues on the path of declines of types. Even so, this year it is raised as a challenge for this sector after having achieved record benefits during the period of high types, they marked their best exercise during the year 2023, but that could not revalidate this year.
Closing the Top 5 In increases in the year there is luxury, headed by Essiloruxotica and Hermès, which recorded 26 and 23% so far from 2025, respectively. Last year it was complicated for the price of these firms, which were found in a cooling of their sales in China, before the economic deceleration in one of its main buyers. However, the results They are not being as catastrophic as expected for the sectorin this last session, the Birkin Stock Exchange, Hermès, was revalued 6% against The increase in its benefits almost 7% in 2024.
Slow Street Wall, but sure
Some of the main threats come from the other side of the Atlantic, with the return of Donald Trump to the White House. The president has brought to a new level the possible commercial war with his partners by signing a memorandum with which he will impose from April the “reciprocal tariffs” that are in line with the VAT applied by these countries, a threat that seems especially directed To the EU, but that this session has not affected its price, since they continued to advance their indices. Although everything that the president of the United States says or does seems to have negative consequences for Europe, his meeting with Vladimir Putin has cheered the markets given the possibility that the conflict in Ukraine achieves a resolution, three years later.
In addition, this week the euro has strengthened in front of the euro. After a floor was made at the beginning of January in the $ 1.02 and that this Monday went back to 1.03, the last four days have been bulls for the euro, which already quotes It exceeds the level of $ 1.05, maximum of the year and levels that were not seen in the exchange rate since December last year.
The panorama is bullish on Wall Street, although in a lower magnitude. Already last year, the three main indices conquered their historical maximums, levels that renewed in many opportunities throughout 2024. Even the American reference par excellence, the S&P 500, With its annual 4% rise, it already managed to exceed the European closure its historical maximums, the 6,118 points. On the other hand, Nasdaq 100, with its 5% in 2025, stayed at doors to return to 22,096 points, its stops in the history of the index. Meanwhile, Dow Jones scored 5.22% this year, staying at 0.6% of its maximums, 45,010 points.
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