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Europe’s STOXX 600 jumps on defence stocks prospects, data in focus
Deutsche Börse trading floor with data displays.

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By Ankika Biswas and Shashwat Chauhan

(Reuters) -Europe’s main stock index logged its best day in six weeks on Monday, with defence stocks in the lead on prospects of higher military spending in Europe under a Donald Trump U.S. presidency, with investors also awaiting key economic data this week.

The pan-European STOXX 600 closed 1.1% higher, with most sectors and regional bourses ending in positive territory.

The benchmark index had logged its third straight weekly decline on Friday as investors assessed the likelihood of tariffs after Republican Trump recaptured the U.S. presidency. Underwhelming Chinese measures to revive its ailing economy also added to the losses.

However, investors piled into European defence stocks. Trump has warned of scaling back U.S. military support for Ukraine and forcing NATO members to spend 2% or more of their GDP on defence.

“Whatever the outcome of the war, it looks likely financial commitments to NATO’s budgets may have to be increased, which would potentially filter through to more military contracts,” Hargreaves Lansdown’s money and markets head Susannah Streeter noted.

Italy’s Leonardo, Germany’s Hensoldt, Rheinmetall and Renk and Sweden’s Saab jumped 3.5%-5.8%, with the broader defence index climbing 2.6% and hitting a record high.

However, the upbeat European market sentiment also likely got a boost from Wall Street’s record-breaking rally.

Euro zone inflation, third-quarter GDP and employment figures are some among the key data release scheduled from the bloc later this week. The minutes from the European Central Bank’s October policy meeting, at which it cut interest rates by 25 basis points, are due on Thursday.

U.S. inflation reports this week will also be parsed for clues on the Federal Reserve’s future policy action, as analysts say Trump’s stated plans for tariffs, tax cuts and rolling back regulation could easily restoke inflation.

Among individual movers, Evotec soared 17% after private-equity firm Triton confirmed an around 10% stake in the German drug developer, and a media report said it was weighing a takeover bid.

German automotive and industrial supplier Continental jumped 10.6% after a third-quarter profit beat, aiding a 1.5% rise in the auto index.

Delivery Hero rose 5.2% on the food-delivery firm’s plans to list its Talabat business in Dubai in December.

Europe’s biggest company by market cap, Novo Nordisk <NOVOb.CO, also rose nearly 4%, helping the healthcare index rise 1.5%.

On the flip side, Burberry lost 3.3% after Reuters reported Italy’s Moncler was not in talks to take over the British luxury brand.

The basic resources sector dropped 1.1% as copper prices fell owing to a strong dollar, which makes the dollar-priced metal more expensive for holders of other currencies, and as demand prospects from top consumer China remained weak.

(Reporting by Shashwat Chauhan and Ankika Biswas in Bengaluru; Editing by Mrigank Dhaniwala, Shinjini Ganguli and Alex Richardson)

 

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