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European markets closed higher Friday, rounding off a largely negative week, as investors digested fresh U.K. economic data and a fall in U.S. wholesale inflation. The Stoxx 600 index provisionally closed 0.77% higher, with most sectors trading in positive territory. Retail stocks climbed 1.46% despite luxury British brand Burberry trading down 7% after the company issued a profit warning in response to slowing demand, sending other luxury lines lower in morning trade. U.S. wholesale prices, measured in the producer price index, recorded an unexpected monthly decline of 0.1% in December. The U.S. consumer inflation report released Thursday had showed an increase in consumer prices of 0.3% on the month and 3.4% year on year, higher than forecast.
Organizations: Burberry Locations: U.S, Asia, Japan
European markets closed lower Thursday after U.S. inflation came in above expectations. After a choppy session, the regional Stoxx 600 index finished 0.77% lower, with all sectors in the red. December's U.S. inflation report showed an increase in consumer prices of 0.3% on the month and 3.4% year-on-year. "While the critical core inflation measure, which strips out volatile items such as food and energy, continues to ease from its highs, the downward trend in this measure also appears to have stalled. U.S. stocks also turned lower on Thursday morning as Wall Street digested the inflation data and the start of the fourth-quarter earnings season.
Persons: Spencer, Dow Jones, Matthew Ryan Organizations: Bank, Marks, Tesco, Investors, Federal Reserve, Nikkei Locations: U.S, Asia
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