A nudge up in the European Stock markets on Friday amid weak trading volume weighed by the vacation season, where traders are anticipating the release of inflation figures and grasping the released regional data.

The German DAX index and the FTSE 100 edged high at 0.1%, while the CAC 40 in France steadied.

The European markets gained support from this week's figures and gave some glimmered hopes ahead the beginning of the new year, relieving the markets' worries over the possibility of shrunk economy in 2023.

In France, the factory gate prices for November advanced by 1.2%, before the forecasted slump at 1.2% which refers that ECB will encounter issues to combat inflation.

The economy in Spain for the Q3 advanced by only 0.1%, which fell lower than forecasts at 0.2%, while the GDP of the earlier quarter rose by 2.0%.

It is expected that the trading will cool today ahead the start of Christmas vacation.

Stellantis (BIT:STLA) stock ticked up by 1.4% post the claims of having negotiations with france.

Inditex (BME:ITX) stock climbed 0.2% amid Zara workers strikes in the north area.