Europe resists instability and markets soar to highs

European stock markets continue to rise sharply, outperforming their US counterparts, heading into the third quarter of 2025. Despite trade tensions and the slowdown in European economies, along with promises of increased defense investment, investors remain optimistic.

April began with a strongly negative climate, following Donald Trump's move to impose "reciprocal tariffs" on nearly all of the US economy's trading partners. However, since then, the main markets on the European continent have not only recovered these losses but have been renewing historic highs.

Benchmark indexes for Germany, the United Kingdom, and Italy reached all-time highs in Thursday's session. Meanwhile, the Euro Stoxx 600 aggregate index approached the all-time high it reached a month before the tariff war began.

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