European Stock Markets
European stocks tumbled on Tuesday as investors entered the second
quarter in a febrile atmosphere of trade tensions and mounting pressure
on big technology companies.
The pan-European STOXX 600 fell 1 percent, while Germany's DAX .GDAXI declined 1.4 percent, with industrials, financials and healthcare stocks the biggest weights.
The tech sector .SX8P dropped 1.6 percent, weighed by chipmakers after an overnight report that Apple plans to replace Intel chips in Macs with its own.
The index has fallen 8 percent in the past three weeks as anxiety grew over big tech companies with the focus on Facebook’s use of data, and regulation of Amazon.
Reports of Apple increasingly going down the “insourcing” route have dented shares in Apple suppliers around the world, most notably Europe’s Dialog Semiconductor (DLGS.DE) which has shed more than 60 percent in the past year.
On Tuesday, STMicro (STM.MI) led fallers, down 3 percent, while ams declined 2.7 percent and Infineon (IFXGn.DE) fell 2.4 percent.
Risk appetite was poor across the board, as European investors followed U.S. and Asian investors to the exit after China retaliated against U.S. tariffs.
Equities have again entered “oversold” territory, they said, adding, however, that headwinds for technology stocks were increasing.
Outside the tech sector, food services group Sodexo (EXHO.PA) was the worst-performer on the STOXX, down 3.8 percent after Goldman Sachs (GS) cut the stock to “neutral”. Sodexo had already suffered a 15.7 percent decline after warning on profit in the previous session.
Air France (AIRF.PA) shares fell 3.2 percent after the airline said 75 percent of its flights would operate. The flag carrier’s unions called a strike for wage increases amid a wider labour stoppage across France paralysing rail services.
Acquisition news also continued to move the European market.
Eurofins Scientific (EUFI.PA) shares fell 2.9 percent, the worst performers on the STOXX, after the firm acquired Lab Frontier in South Korea.
Italy's largest private broadcaster Mediaset (MS.MI) nabbed the top spot on the FTSE MIB index .FTMIB, up 6.9 percent, after signing a content-sharing deal with Sky's (SKYB.L) Italian unit and paving the way for a broader alliance.
Liberum analysts called the deal a “win-win”.
“This agreement should be a TV advertising revenue booster as it creates larger audiences,” they wrote.
Berenberg upgraded Mediaset to a “buy”, saying the deal marked a “step change in profitability”.
Basic resources and oil and gas stocks were a rare bright spot, making gains as metals prices rose.
The pan-European STOXX 600 fell 1 percent, while Germany's DAX .GDAXI declined 1.4 percent, with industrials, financials and healthcare stocks the biggest weights.
The tech sector .SX8P dropped 1.6 percent, weighed by chipmakers after an overnight report that Apple plans to replace Intel chips in Macs with its own.
The index has fallen 8 percent in the past three weeks as anxiety grew over big tech companies with the focus on Facebook’s use of data, and regulation of Amazon.
Reports of Apple increasingly going down the “insourcing” route have dented shares in Apple suppliers around the world, most notably Europe’s Dialog Semiconductor (DLGS.DE) which has shed more than 60 percent in the past year.
On Tuesday, STMicro (STM.MI) led fallers, down 3 percent, while ams declined 2.7 percent and Infineon (IFXGn.DE) fell 2.4 percent.
Risk appetite was poor across the board, as European investors followed U.S. and Asian investors to the exit after China retaliated against U.S. tariffs.
Equities have again entered “oversold” territory, they said, adding, however, that headwinds for technology stocks were increasing.
Outside the tech sector, food services group Sodexo (EXHO.PA) was the worst-performer on the STOXX, down 3.8 percent after Goldman Sachs (GS) cut the stock to “neutral”. Sodexo had already suffered a 15.7 percent decline after warning on profit in the previous session.
Air France (AIRF.PA) shares fell 3.2 percent after the airline said 75 percent of its flights would operate. The flag carrier’s unions called a strike for wage increases amid a wider labour stoppage across France paralysing rail services.
Acquisition news also continued to move the European market.
Eurofins Scientific (EUFI.PA) shares fell 2.9 percent, the worst performers on the STOXX, after the firm acquired Lab Frontier in South Korea.
Italy's largest private broadcaster Mediaset (MS.MI) nabbed the top spot on the FTSE MIB index .FTMIB, up 6.9 percent, after signing a content-sharing deal with Sky's (SKYB.L) Italian unit and paving the way for a broader alliance.
Liberum analysts called the deal a “win-win”.
“This agreement should be a TV advertising revenue booster as it creates larger audiences,” they wrote.
Berenberg upgraded Mediaset to a “buy”, saying the deal marked a “step change in profitability”.
Basic resources and oil and gas stocks were a rare bright spot, making gains as metals prices rose.
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