European stocks were steady after erasing gains as hopes for a deal between Tehran and Washington were dampened by the White House denying Iranian reports about a draft memorandum of understanding.

European stocks recorded their biggest weekly gain in over a month as hopes for a durable settlement of the Iran war boosted investor sentiment.

Shares in Eutelsat Communications are headed for their best week in nearly a year, as enthusiasm over the highly anticipated initial public offering of Elon Musk’s SpaceX spurs investor flows into the sector.

Investors are fervently chasing the hot rally in tech and AI stocks while widely acknowledging that rising yields threaten to knock equities off course.

The rebound in global stocks from their Iran war lows has been so narrow that the market is primed for broader gains triggered by even slightly positive news, according to strategists at JPMorgan Chase & Co.

European stocks fell as tensions in the Strait of Hormuz pushed up oil prices and US President Donald Trump’s threat of higher tariffs on car imports from the region weighed on auto shares.

European stocks fell as investors tracked developments around potential US-Iran peace talks amid a continued standoff in the Strait of Hormuz.

A clamor by investors for stocks that stand to benefit from the boom in artificial intelligence has propelled a little‑known French company to the top of Europe’s 2026 equity rankings.

The prospect that the Iran war will reintensify after the failure of peace talks threatens to spark fresh volatility across global markets, after a week that saw a fragile ceasefire drive stocks up and oil down by the most this year.

Some of the world’s largest investment firms are buying bonds and artificial-intelligence stocks while selling the dollar in a bet that the worst of the global selloff may be over.

Amundi SA has been buying into the selloff in equity markets just as most investors were slashing their stock exposure on fears of an escalation in the Iran war. It paid off.

The stock market is looking past the sharp interest rate hikes priced by Europe’s bond market, risking losses for investors backing the wrong outcome.

European stocks jumped the most in a year, recouping some of last month’s losses as hopes grew that the war in Iran is nearing an end.

European stocks jumped the most in a year, recouping some of last month’s losses as hopes grew that the war in Iran is nearing an end.

Three former market darlings have accounted for over half of the €420 billion ($481 billion) wiped off European stocks this quarter.

Investors avoiding risks from the Iran war are selling stocks and bonds and rebuilding cash allocations, in an echo of strategies followed after Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022.

European stocks tumbled on Friday, with a number of regional indexes moving into correction as bond yields rose on inflation concerns with the Middle East war dragging on.

Vincorion SE’s shares rallied in their Frankfurt trading debut, as the German supplier of power systems for military vehicles joined Europe’s growing ranks of defense stocks.

Complacent investors who assume there will be a swift resolution to the Iran war are making a high-risk bet given how bad surging oil prices typically end up being for stocks, according to strategists at JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Exail Technologies SA shares have jumped in the past two weeks as Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz thrust the French defense contractor’s seagoing, mine-destroying drones into the spotlight.