--- title: "Europe markets slide with yields at multi-year highs" type: "News" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/284526150.md" description: "European markets experienced a decline, with the UK's FTSE 100 falling 0.61% to a four-week low. The euro dipped to $1.17, while the pound fell to $1.35 amid updated UK economic forecasts. Italy's consumer confidence index dropped to 90.8, and Eurozone bank lending rose 3% year-on-year, below expectations. The pan-European Stoxx 600 fell 0.38%, influenced by corporate earnings and upcoming monetary policy decisions from the Fed and ECB. US and UK 10-year Treasury yields approached multi-year highs, reflecting investor caution ahead of policy announcements." datetime: "2026-04-29T08:47:21.000Z" locales: - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/284526150.md) - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/news/284526150.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/284526150.md) --- # Europe markets slide with yields at multi-year highs ### Related Stocks - [EWU.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/EWU.US.md) - [IEUR.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/IEUR.US.md) - [FXB.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/FXB.US.md) - [FXE.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/FXE.US.md) ## Related News & Research - [Investors take fright as left-leaning candidate secures path to UK parliament](https://longbridge.com/en/news/286539863.md) - [Sterling dips after British inflation cools in April](https://longbridge.com/en/news/287041804.md) - [30-YEAR TREASURY YIELDS CONTINUE DECLINE, LAST AT 5.1085%](https://longbridge.com/en/news/287093969.md) - [US 30-year Treasury yield could rise above 6%, BofA survey says](https://longbridge.com/en/news/286894243.md) - [US 10-year Treasury yield expected to fall by year-end](https://longbridge.com/en/news/287011743.md)