Illustration of food items placed on the belt of a cash register in a Leclerc supermarket in Valence, France, April 4, 2025. <\/p>\n
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LONDON \u2014 European stocks are expected to open around the flatline on Tuesday as tariff uncertainty causes global markets to waver.<\/p>\n
The U.K.’s FTSE<\/a> index is seen largely unchanged, Germany’s DAX<\/a> and <\/strong>France’s CAC 40<\/a>\u00a0are expected to be just a touch into negative territory and Italy’s FTSE MIB<\/a> 0.15% lower.<\/p>\n Regional bourses kicked off the new trading month higher on Monday, with the defense and health-care sectors receiving a boost from corporate news.<\/p>\n The mood has changed overnight, however, with Asia-Pacific markets<\/a> trading mixed and U.S. stock futures<\/a> little changed on Monday night, with investors weighing the trade landscape after a U.S. federal appeals court\u00a0ruled that most<\/a>\u00a0of President\u00a0Donald Trump’s\u00a0global tariffs\u00a0are illegal.<\/p>\n The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit determined in a 7-4 ruling that only Congress has the authority to apply sweeping levies. Trump called the decision “Highly Partisan” and has said that he will appeal the ruling to the U.S. Supreme Court.<\/p>\n