European shares rise on Friday; Saab up 6.1%

LONDON — European shares reversed course to shut larger on Friday as traders reacted to a delayed U.S. inflation print and a flurry of company earnings experiences.

The pan-European Stoxx 600 was 0.2% larger on the finish of Friday’s session, paring earlier losses, with main bourses and sectors broadly in optimistic territory. London’s FTSE 100 prolonged positive factors that noticed it shut at a file excessive on Thursday, with the U.Okay. index ending Friday up 0.7%.

Throughout the Atlantic, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday stated that America’s annual inflation fee hit a lower-than-expected 3% in September. U.S. shares rose following the print, which had grown in significance as a consequence of it being the one federal information allowed to be launched throughout the ongoing authorities shutdown.

With earnings season nicely underway, traders additionally monitored a swathe of quarterly experiences out of Europe. Saab, ENI, Sanofi, Volvo Group, and Porsche had been among the many firms updating shareholders on their monetary efficiency.

Swedish protection contractor Saab was among the many main movers on Friday, closing the session up 6.1% after the agency upgraded its 2025 gross sales steering, driving the tailwinds of Europe’s protection increase.

U.Okay. lender NatWest filed early within the day. Its pre-tax earnings reached £2.18 billion ($2.9 billion) within the third quarter, comfortably beating analyst expectations of £1.84 billion.

The London-listed financial institution’s quarterly outcomes confirmed web curiosity revenue got here in at £3.3 billion, consistent with consensus forecasts, in line with LSEG. The lender — which raised its full-year steering for 2025 revenue to £16.3 billion, up from simply over £16 billion — noticed its shares rise 0.5%.

Elsewhere, the European Union and U.S. introduced complementary sanctions packages focusing on Russia, in what might be a excessive level in an in any other case thorny relationship for the 2 states this yr. 

Buyers may even be watching tariff information coming from Canada, after an advert that includes former U.S. President Ronald Reagan talking negatively about tariffs, aired by the Ontario provincial authorities, sparked backlash from President Donald Trump. Trump stated on Thursday evening that he was terminating all commerce negotiations with Canada. 

South Korea’s Kospi hit a file excessive on Friday, amid regional positive factors after the White Home stated that U.S. President Donald Trump and China’s President Xi Jinping had been set to carry talks subsequent week. 

— CNBC’s Jeff Cox and Hugh Leask contributed to this report.