Stock markets hold firm against health, politics weights

18.01.2022

European stock markets edged further ahead at midday on Monday as investors eyed Unilever’s attempts to buy the consumer health division of GSK.

The pan-European Stoxx 600 index rose 0.2% in early deals. Asian markets were unsettled after China's central bank cut some key lending rates on the back of mixed economic data.

"Today’s focus has been...