European Stocks Slip Ahead of Fed Decision; Oil Prices Inch Up After Drone Attack
• European stocks slipped ahead of Fed interest rate decision on Wednesday; speculations of a rate cut losing steam • Oil prices inch up after drone attack on US troops in Jordan; Brent crude dips 0.08% to $82.8 • French engineering group Bouygues drops 2.5% on recent fire safety struggles; Renault loses 2.29% despite factory output rise • France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Euro area to release Q4 2023 GDP figures on Tuesday • Busy Wednesday Fed rate decision; German unemployment, inflation and retail sales; France inflation; China manufacturing PMI; Alphabet, Microsoft earnings