Accelerating Euro Area Private Sector Activity Bullish For EU50

 | Sep 11, 2019 07:55AM ET

Euro-zone’s private sector activity expansion was stronger than expected. Will the DE30 stock index continue advancing?

German strong trade data spurred hopes euro-zone economy is in better shape than feared. July trade surplus rose to 20.2 billion euro from 18.08 billion previous month when a smaller increase to 18.B billion was forecast. Stronger than expected German trade report followed an upgrade in euro-zone composite PMI: Markit’s final reading of composite PMI was revised upward to 51.9 for August from a preliminary reading of 51.8. The reading for July was 51.5. Accelerating expansion in euro-zone private sector activity for August is bullish for euro-zone stock market index.