European Stocks Tick Up in Quiet Final Session of 2024

European Stocks Tick Up in Quiet Final Session of 2024

European stocks won't end 2024 with a bang, but they are managing to eke out some gains in the final trading session of the year.

The continent's flagship Stoxx 600 index climbed 0.3%. It's on course to finish the year up by just less than 6%, comfortably lagging behind the U.S. benchmark S&P 500's 24% gain.

Paris's CAC 40 and London's FTSE 100 both rose 0.6%, but markets in Germany, Switzerland, and Italy were all shut for New Year's Eve, making it a quieter-than-usual trading day across the Atlantic.