European markets are bucking the general positive mood Thursday, weighed down by some disappointing corporate news.
Siemens stock fell almost 2% after the German engineering group reported a 2% drop in second quarter profit at its industrial business, after suffering a slowdown at its flagship factory automation division.) stock fell 0.6% despite the German telecommunications giant backing its full-year guidance after delivering higher revenue in the first quarter.
Higher-than-expected U.S. consumer prices in the first quarter had resulted in a sharp paring of rate cut bets and even stoked some worries of an additional hike, which would have hit growth in the largest economy in the world.is expected to cut rates before the Fed, likely in June, and there are plenty of central bank speakers throughout the day, both in Europe and in the U.S., to provide further clues of their thinking regarding future monetary policy.
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