European stock indexes traded broadly higher for Friday's premarket operations after major central bank authorities published their decision to leave interest rates unchanged across the continent. The European Central Bank (ECB), the Bank of England (BoE), and the Swiss National Bank (SNB) decided to keep it at 4.5%, 5.25%, and 1.75%, respectively. Meanwhile, Norway's financial establishment raised it to 4.5%.
The foreign exchange market reacted to the ECB's decision with the euro and the pound climbing against the dollar.
The DAX gained 0.17% at 8:00 am CET, the FTSE 100 rose 0.13% and the Euro Stoxx 50 advanced 0.18% concurrently. The CAC 40 lost 0.08% at the same time. The euro was down by 0.06% against the dollar at 7:59 am CET, selling for $1.09864. Also, the pound lost 0.07% to go for $1.27633 at the same time.
