Traders are pricing Anthropic above $2 trillion (€1.73tn) in pre-IPO markets, more than double the company's valuation in its last private funding round, as investors wait for the public release of the S-1 filing that could open the way to the largest flotation in history.
European stock markets opened higher on Thursday morning, shrugging off Wall Street's decline after the Federal Reserve raised interest rates for the first time in more than three years and signalled that further hikes are likely.
The Federal Reserve has raised its benchmark interest rate by a quarter point to a range of 3.75% to 4%, its first increase since July 2023, in a unanimous 12-0 vote that puts Chair Kevin Warsh directly at odds with the US president who appointed him.
The European Central Bank is inviting people across Europe to vote on designs for future euro banknotes before its public survey closes on 21 September.