On September 18 (UTC+8), after the Federal Reserve announced a 25 basis point cut in key interest rates, major European stock indexes showed an upward trend. Among them, the German DAX index and the French CAC 40 index led the gains, rising 1.25% and 1.21% respectively. The UK's FTSE 100 index rose by only 0.3% - this was after the Bank of England announced that it would maintain interest rates at 4.0% and said it would slow down the "quantitative tightening" process. In addition, S&P 500 index futures rose 0.8%, Dow Jones Industrial Average futures rose 0.7%, and Nasdaq index futures rose 1.1%. (Source: 金十) [Jin10]