"European Stocks" European stocks are slightly weak in the early stage, mining stocks decline, and military stocks rise
European stocks opened slightly lower, with gold prices retreating affecting mining stocks. The UK stock market fell after hitting a peak, while defense stocks rose. The pan-European STOXX 600 index fell by 0.1% to 613.75 points; the UK FTSE 100 index dropped by 0.2% to 10,218 points; the French CAC 40 index decreased by 0.2% to 8,296 points; the German DAX index fell by 0.1% to 25,317 points. Mining stocks Rio Tinto, BHP, and Antofagasta dropped between 2% and 2.3%. Defense stocks BAE Systems and Thales each rose by over 2%. In U.S. stock futures, the Dow futures rose by 64 points, and the S&P 500 futures increased by 18 points. In the Asia-Pacific stock market, the Shanghai and Hong Kong stocks each fell by 0.3%, while Shenzhen stocks dropped by 0.2%
