Europe before the bell: bounce loses steam
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EUROPE BEFORE THE BELL: BOUNCE LOSES STEAM
Shares in Europe looked set for a softer start on Tuesday as a bounce from Friday's selloff loses steam ahead of U.S. inflation data this week that could help shape expectations over possible rate cuts by the Federal Reserve.
EuroSTOXX50 and FTSE futures traded flat and down 0.6%, respectively, and U.S. contracts also pointed to a weaker start on Wall Street, with concerns over economic growth keeping investors wary of possible drawdowns across equity markets.
Over in Asia, shares inched slightly higher, but struggled to sustain Wall Street's Monday rally. Concerns about a faltering Chinese economy dampened the market mood, sending China's CSI300 blue-chip index .CSI300 down to a seven-month trough.
Back to Europe, where software stocks like SAP SAPG.DE and Capgemini CAPP.PA were on the watchlist for possible opening gains after better than expected results from Oracle ORCL.N.
The Texas-based group forecast Q2 revenue growth above estimates, boosted by growing demand for its cloud offerings, sending its Frankfurt listed shares up 7.6%.
Still in tech, investors gave a tepid response to Apple's AAPL.O AI-boosted iPhone 16. Its shares were down 0.7% in Frankfurt.
Elswhere, AstraZeneca AZN.L was in focus following a bad data release that pushed its U.S.-listed stock down as much as 4.9%. Detailed results from one of its key lung cancer trials showed its experimental precision drug did not significantly improve overall survival results.
In M&A, global miner AngloGold Ashanti AU.N will buy smaller Egypt-focused rival Centamin CEY.L in a $2.5 billion deal.
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