By Pranav Kashyap
Publication Date: 2026-11-09 08:36:00
Investing.com – European shares began the week on a dour note, as a heavy slate of upcoming macroeconomic data and unsettling leadership drama at artificial intelligence bellwether Nvidia kept markets on the sidelines.
The pan-European STOXX 600 struggled to find a definitive direction in early trading, it was down 0.1%. Germany’s DAX was flat, France’s CAC 40 slipped 0.3% and London’s FTSE 100 fell 0.1%.
This week presents a gauntlet of central bank speeches, critical inflation prints, and regional growth data that could reshape year-end monetary policy expectations.
While the European docket lacked major domestic corporate catalysts on Monday, cross-border sentiment was weighed down by developments out of Silicon Valley.
Markets spent the morning digesting reports that Nvidia’s board of directors has opened an independent investigation into founder and Chief Executive Jensen Huang.
The probe follows a personal memo from Huang to employees in which he confirmed he had been unfaithful to his wife. Compounding the corporate governance shock, reports have identified the woman as a suspected…