Stock Market Bargains Are Hiding in This Overlooked Place

European companies just had their best earnings season in years. Investors are starting to notice.

WSJ • Aug 21, 2026

Novonesis Leads Europe's Stoxx 600 on Sales Beat, Guidance Raise

Stock in the company—which develops enzymes, probiotics and other biological products—jumped after its grew 9%, ahead of consensus estimates.

WSJ • Aug 20, 2026

U.S. retreat from global order ‘eroding' European competitiveness, central bank boss warns

ECB chief Christine Lagarde called for better integration across the region if Europe wants to compete in the age of AI. A shift in a "rules-based global order underpinned by a U.S. security umbrella" was complicating Europe's growth trajectory, she said.

CNBC • Aug 19, 2026

Goldman Calls This Group of Stocks the ‘Secret Outperformer'

Goldman Sachs analysts recently raised their 12-month target for the European benchmark STOXX 600 index to 695 from 660. Foreign inflows have helped drive the strongest inflows into European equities in a decade, not counting 2021, the bank wrote.

Investopedia • Aug 17, 2026

European futures poised to start week in the green

European futures are set to start in the green after snapping a four-week winning streak. Investors are anticipating UK employment and inflation data, flash PMIs and the latest FOMC meeting minutes later this week.

CNBC International TV • Aug 17, 2026

Secret outperformer: Dispelling the 'myths' about an unloved stock market

The pan-European Stoxx 600 index has proved resilient this year so far. BNP Paribas believes Europe is more likely to be an AI beneficiary rather than a developer.

CNBC • Aug 16, 2026

Eurozone Swings to Trade Surplus in June

The trade surplus in goods for the 21-nation currency area was €1.8 billion in June, from a deficit of €6.1 billion in May.

WSJ • Aug 14, 2026

STOXX 600 holds near record as oil rise tests Europe's earnings rally

European stocks were little changed on Monday, holding close to record territory as investors weighed a strong earnings season against another rise in oil prices and an unsettled outlook for the Strait of Hormuz. The STOXX Europe 600 traded around 660.1 in early dealings after closing at a record 660.25 on Friday and gaining 1.7% last week.

Invezz • Aug 10, 2026

Europe's getting hotter, markets are taking note

Record temperatures across Europe are piling fresh pressure on food prices, supply chains and heavily indebted economies, creating another headache for financial markets already ​roiled by an Iran war-driven energy shock.

Reuters • Aug 7, 2026

Eurozone Retail Sales Retreat as Consumers Still Fret Over War

Retail sales in the eurozone fell in June and was the second decline in the four full months since the start of the war against Iran.

WSJ • Aug 6, 2026