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European markets have been relatively quiet as apprehension regarding the state of the global economy continues to dominate sentiment.

By the middle of the morning, the pan-European Stoxx 600 was trading 0.2% lower, with the telecoms sector falling 1.2% while oil and gas companies climbed 0.8%.

European markets have been relatively quiet as apprehension regarding the state of the global economy continues to dominate sentiment.

The Federal Reserve of the United States is widely anticipated to implement an increase in the benchmark interest rate by fifty basis points the following week. Even though that would be a less significant increase than the rate hikes that have occurred in recent times, investors are becoming increasingly anxious about whether or not the central bank would be successful in preventing a recession from occurring in 2019 as they work to reduce inflation.

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Following a fifth consecutive day of losses for the S&P 500, U.S. stock futures were marginally lower in the early morning hours of Thursday. Wall Street was weighing the potential of a market decline at the time.

Overnight, there was a shift toward a more dynamic sentiment in the Asia-Pacific area. The Hang Seng index in Hong Kong experienced a gain of more than three percent on Thursday following the publication of a report by a local news outlet stating that the city is contemplating further easing of COVID measures, which may include lifting its outdoor mask rule and relaxing mandatory testing for arrivals. In the meantime, the majority of the region's other markets experienced a little decline into the red.

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