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European Stocks Dip as Trade Tensions and Oil Rise
6/2/2025
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- European stock markets saw a slight decline, with the Stoxx 600 down 0.1% and the U.K.'s FTSE 100 up 0.02%.
- President Trump's tariff increase on steel and aluminum to 50% may adversely affect Danish wind energy company Orsted.
- Oil prices rose amid OPEC+ production decisions and ongoing tensions in Ukraine.
- U.S.-China trade tensions intensified as Beijing dismissed Trump's allegations of tariff violations.
