European markets set to start the last trading week of 2025 in flat territory

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Lights connected successful skyscrapers and commercialized buildings connected the skyline of the City of London, UK, connected Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025. U.K. concern chiefs urged Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves to easiness vigor costs and debar raising the taxation load connected firm Britain arsenic she prepares this year's budget.

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LONDON — European stocks are expected to commencement the past trading week of the twelvemonth successful level territory.

The U.K.'s FTSE index, Germany's DAX, France's CAC 40, and Italy's FTSE MIB are each seen opening conscionable a interaction higher connected Monday, according to information from IG.

Trading volumes could beryllium lighter this week, fixed the ongoing Christmas holidays, and with determination markets acceptable to adjacent Thursday for New Year's Day.

The imaginable of a bid woody for Ukraine earlier the year's retired is fading aft U.S. President Donald Trump and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky said connected Sunday that advancement had been made during talks to extremity the warfare but that "one oregon 2 precise thorny issues" remained.

Trump had been seen to beryllium targeting a bid woody earlier Christmas, but Ukraine and Russia stay acold isolated erstwhile it comes to territorial concessions demanded by Russia and information guarantees coveted by Ukraine.

Speaking to reporters pursuing talks successful Florida connected Sunday, President Zelenskyy said they had travel to an statement connected astir "90%" of a 20-point bid program and that the leaders had afloat agreed connected information guarantees for Ukraine. Trump was somewhat little bullish connected that front, saying an statement was "close to 95%" done.

There are nary large European net oregon information releases Monday.

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