Europe's major indexes opened mostly in the red on Thursday morning, with Germany's DAX down 0.49% to 25,287.42, France's CAC 40 lower by 0.37% to 8,093.68, and the Euro Stoxx 50 also down by 0.41% to 6,273.71 at the time of writing, as investors monitored oil price moves and the US bond market.
Ahead of European markets opening, Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 gained 1.3% in morning trading to 65,883.41, as some chipmakers got a boost from the recent surge of interest in artificial intelligence. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.7% to 8,700.50.
