Major European indexes increased in premarket trading on Thursday amid as investors digested the news that Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin was presumably killed in a plane crash. Market watchers also continued to focus on the BRICS summit in South Africa and awaited the start of the Jackson Hole symposium, where numerous Federal Reserve officials are set to speak over the next couple of days.
The Euro Stoxx 50 climbed 0.66% at 8:01 am CET, the DAX rose 0.46%, the CAC 40 gained 0.33% and the FTSE 100 was up 0.38% at the same time.
The euro added 0.07% against the dollar to go for 1.08708 at 8:00 am CET and the pound was flat compared to the US currency, selling for 1.27267 at the same time.