European stocks moved higher on the morning of 17 March 2026, though Germany’s DAX was restrained by weak economic data. Trading opened unevenly across the region before a broadly upward trend emerged during the first half of the session. Key movers: the FTSE 100 and France’s CAC 40 each advanced about 0.7%, the AEX lagged at roughly +0.2%, while markets in Italy and Spain climbed close to 1%. Investors appeared to respond to the mixed start and subsequent positive momentum, but the underperformance of the DAX highlights lingering sensitivity to disappointing domestic data. #EuropeanMarkets #FTSE100 #CAC40 #DAX #AEX #FiatNews