European markets fall amid global IT outage; investors digest ECB decision

Category: Finance

European markets declined on Friday, influenced by the ECB's interest rate decision and a global IT outage related to CrowdStrike. The Stoxx 600 index fell 0.44%, with travel and leisure stocks dropping 1.99% and mining stocks down 1.84%. This marks a continued downward trend, with the index closing lower for four consecutive days.

Keywords: European markets, ECB interest rate, CrowdStrike outage

Source: CNBC

Update At: 7/19/2024

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