{"id":61335,"date":"2025-06-27T17:55:07","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T17:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2025\/06\/27\/european-stocks-close-higher-as-trade-tensions-ease\/"},"modified":"2025-06-27T17:55:07","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T17:55:07","slug":"european-stocks-close-higher-as-trade-tensions-ease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2025\/06\/27\/european-stocks-close-higher-as-trade-tensions-ease\/","title":{"rendered":"European Stocks Close Higher As Trade Tensions Ease"},"content":{"rendered":"
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European stocks closed higher on Friday as trade tensions eased after United States struck a deal with China to expedite rate earth shipments.<\/p>\n

The deal marks a significant step towards resolving the ongoing trade war between the world’s two largest economies.<\/p>\n

Beijing said Washington would lift “restrictive measures” while Beijing would “review and approve” items under export controls. <\/p>\n

Easing concers about Middle East tensions contributed as well to markets<\/span>‘ positive move.<\/p>\n

The pan European Stoxx 600 climbed 0.89%. The U.K.’s FTSE 100 gained 0.6%, Germany’s DAX closed 0.79% up and France’s CAC 40 jumped 1.4%. Switzerland’s SMI ended 0.84% up.<\/p>\n

Among other markets in Europe, Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden and Turkiye closed higher.<\/p>\n

Poland edged up marginally, while Greece and Iceland ended weak.<\/p>\n

In the UK market, JD Sports Fashion climbed more than 7.5%. Ashtead Group ended 5.55% up. Melrose Industries, Standard Chartered, IMI, Barclays, Rolls-Royce Holdings, Taylor Wimpey, Experian, IAG, Informa, Natwest Group and Rentokil Initial gained 1 to 3.6%.<\/p>\n

Endeavour Mining and Fresnillo both ended lower by more than 4%. Babcock International, BAE Systems and Coca-Cola Europacific Partners ended down 1 to 1.7%.<\/p>\n

In the German market, Porsche rallied more than 7.6%. Daimler Truck Holding climbed 6.1% and BMW gained about 5.3%. Mercedes-Benz, Continental, Volkswagen, Adidas, Heidelberg Materials, Siemens, Deutsche Post and Puma gained 3 to 5%.<\/p>\n

Siemens Energy, Bayer, SAP, BASF, Vonovia, Deutsche Bank and Sartorius also closed with strong gains, while Rheinmetall ended down 4.4%.<\/p>\n

In the French market, Schneider Electric moved up 6.5%. Kering gained about 5.6%, while Stellantis and Legrand gained 4.7% and 4.3%, respectively.<\/p>\n

Saint Gobain, Societe Generale, Renault, LVMH, Capgemini, Publicis Groupe, Michelin, BNP Paribas, Teleperformance and Dassault Systemes also ended with impressive gains.<\/p>\n

Thales and Accor closed lower by 1.5% and 1.4%, respectively.<\/p>\n

In economic news, France’s inflation accelerated more than expected in June largely due to higher services costs but the overall rate remained below the 2% target, preliminary estimate from the statistical office INSEE showed.<\/p>\n

Consumer prices increased 0.9% year-on-year in June, faster than the 0.7% rise in May. The rate was forecast to remain unchanged at 0.7%.<\/p>\n

EU harmonized inflation stood at 0.8%, while it was expected to rise moderately to 0.7% from 0.6% in May. Final data is due on July 11.<\/p>\n

In a separate communiqu\u00e9, the INSEE said producer prices rose for the first time in 18 months in May. Producer prices rose 0.2% in May from a year ago, following a 0.7% fall in April.<\/p>\n

Another data showed that consumer spending growth softened in May as the rebound in energy consumption was partially offset by the decline in food and engineered goods consumption. <\/p>\n

Eurozone economic sentiment deteriorated unexpectedly in June, survey data from the European Commission showed.<\/p>\n

The economic confidence index fell to 94.0 in June from 94.8 in May. The score was forecast to rise to 95.1.<\/p>\n

The industrial confidence index posted -12.0 in June, down from -10.4 a month ago. The reading was seen at -9.9.<\/p>\n

Likewise, the consumer confidence indicator dropped to -15.3, in line with the flash estimate, from -15.1 in May. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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