Europe's STOXX 600 jumps 1% on banks-led recovery; Novo Nordisk slumps
For a Reuters live blog on U.S., UK and European stock markets, click LIVE/ or type LIVE/ in a news window
Novo Nordisk logs steepest decline since Aug 2022
Puma slumps after narrowing FY profit outlook
Continental up after Q2 results beat
Just Eat Takeaway top STOXX 600 gainer after rating upgrade
Roche considering divesting $1.9 bln cancer data startup- FT
STOXX 600 up 1.5%
Updated at 1550 GMT
By Ankika Biswas and Pranav Kashyap
Aug 7 (Reuters) -A strong comeback by banks on Wednesday helped Europe's main stock index log its biggest one-day gain since November, even though the continent's largest company by market cap Novo Nordisk slid after trimming its full-year profit outlook.
The pan-European STOXX 600 .STOXX closed 1.5% higher but remained below the key 500-point mark following the recent selloff sparked by U.S. recession fears.
Main indexes in Germany .GDAXI, France .FCHI, London .FTSE and Spain .IBEX also rose 1.5%-2%. Signalling a continued pick-up in investor sentiment, the "fear gauge" volatility index .V2TX fell for a second day from its highest level since March 2022, hit at the start of the week.
Leading sectoral gains, the banking index .SX7P jumped 2.7% to notch its best single-day gain in more than a year, having lost 11% over the past five days, with ABN Amro ABNd.AS jumping 5.6% after raising its full-year net interest income forecast.
Italy's Economy Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti also said the government has no plans to impose additional taxes on bank profits.
European Central Bank policymaker Olli Rehn said rate cuts can continue if confidence in slowing inflation strengthens in the near future.
Data showed a higher-than-expected rise in German industrial production in June, a day after upbeat industrial orders provided some hope for Europe's largest economy as it grapples with a likely recession.
"For the embattled German industrial sector, there was actually some better news," said Elizabeth Martins, senior economist at HSBC.
Notable stock movers included Novo Nordisk NOVOb.CO, which clocked its steepest one-day fall since August 2022, down 6.7%, following a disappointing profit outlook and weaker-than-expected sales of weight-loss drug Wegovy that stirred worries about stiffening competition from Eli Lilly.
German sportswear maker Puma PUMG.DE slumped 10.8% after narrowing its full-year core profit outlook.
Roche ROG.S climbed 3% on a report the Swiss pharmaceutical company is considering divesting cancer data specialist Flatiron Health.
Just Eat Takeaway TKWY.AS jumped 13% after JPMorgan upgraded the online food delivery firm to "overweight" from "neutral".
Continental CONG.DE rose 6.8% on better-than-expected results and guidance for an even stronger second half.
Maersk MAERSKb.CO fell 2.3% after its second-quarter results, with analysts citing higher capital expenditure guidance as one negative factor. It also expects global container shipping growth to slow from this year's strong start.
Reporting by Pranav Kashyap and Ankika Biswas in Bengaluru; Editing by Kirsten Donovan
免责声明: XM Group仅提供在线交易平台的执行服务和访问权限，并允许个人查看和/或使用网站或网站所提供的内容，但无意进行任何更改或扩展，也不会更改或扩展其服务和访问权限。所有访问和使用权限，将受下列条款与条例约束：(i) 条款与条例；(ii) 风险提示；以及(iii) 完整免责声明。请注意，网站所提供的所有讯息，仅限一般资讯用途。此外，XM所有在线交易平台的内容并不构成，也不能被用于任何未经授权的金融市场交易邀约和/或邀请。金融市场交易对于您的投资资本含有重大风险。
所有在线交易平台所发布的资料，仅适用于教育/资讯类用途，不包含也不应被视为用于金融、投资税或交易相关咨询和建议，或是交易价格纪录，或是任何金融商品或非应邀途径的金融相关优惠的交易邀约或邀请。
本网站上由XM和第三方供应商所提供的所有内容，包括意见、新闻、研究、分析、价格、其他资讯和第三方网站链接，皆保持不变，并作为一般市场评论所提供，而非投资性建议。所有在线交易平台所发布的资料，仅适用于教育/资讯类用途，不包含也不应被视为适用于金融、投资税或交易相关咨询和建议，或是交易价格纪录，或是任何金融商品或非应邀途径的金融相关优惠的交易邀约或邀请。请确保您已阅读并完全理解，XM非独立投资研究提示和风险提示相关资讯，更多详情请点击 这里。
