Eurozone shares fell amid concerns about the negative effects of interest rate increases on economic growth. However, data released at the very end of the period showed eurozone inflation slowed to a two-year low of 4.3 per cent in September, down from 5.2 per cent in August. This could pave the way for the European Central Bank to put an end to interest rate increases.
For M&A, deal activity in September involved 94 deals in total; that’s an increase of 35 deals year on year. A couple of the notable ones are:
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