European shares were mixed this morning, with gains in heavyweight healthcare stocks offsetting the decline in the broader market, as investors fretted over a potential delay in the closely-watched US jobs data.
London's FTSE index had gained 35 points (0.4%) to stand at 9,386 by 9am, while the Paris CAC dipped 13 points (0.1%) to trade at 7,882 and the Frankfurt DAX was down 100 points (0.4%) to reach 23,780.
Dublin's ISEQ index was up 15 points (0.1%) to hit 11,639 this morning. Shares in Greencoat Renewables gained 0.7% to trade at 72 cent, while Glenveagh Properties rose 0.7% to stand at €1.95. The banking shares were also higher with Bank of Ireland and AIB both adding 0.6% to reach €14.1 and €7.76 respectively.
Earlier in Asian trade, Tokyo's Nikkei index lost 382 points (0.8%) to close at 44,551 after a broad sell-off as investors booked profits from the latest rally at the start of the second half of the fiscal year. Markets in Hong Kong are closed today for a national holiday.
Wall Street's three major indexes managed to close yesterday's choppy session higher, marking quarterly and monthly gains, even as investors braced for a US government shutdown, which would delay key economic reports and muddy the Federal Reserve's interest rate policy outlook.
The Dow Jones rose 82 points (0.18%) to close at 46,398, marking its latest record closing high, while the S&P 500 gained 27 points (0.41%) to finish at 6,688 and the Nasdaq Composite gained 69 points (0.3%) to end at 22,660.
For the month the Nasdaq rose 5.61%, and the Dow climbed 1.87% - its biggest September gain since 2019.
