Equities in Europe traded mixed in the premarket on Monday after the elections were held in all Ukrainian regions annexed by Russia over the weekend. The head of the Central Election Commission for United Russia, Alexander Sidyakin, announced that, according to preliminary data, Putin's party received the majority of votes.
At 8:00 am CET, DAX was flat. Both FTSE 100 and Euro Stoxx 50 increased 0.35% and 0.21% simultaneously. The CAC 40 decreased 0.11% at the same time. The euro was up by 0.27% against the dollar at 7:59 am CET, selling for 1.07288. The pound went up against the dollar 0.38% and went for 1.25136 concurrently.