Europe's STOXX 600 index edged higher on Monday as travel and leisure stocks led sectoral gains, with this week's key U.S. inflation prints and a slew of economic data from the euro zone set to test the benchmark index's record-breaking run.
's index edged higher on Monday as and leisure led sectoral gains, with this week's key U.S. prints and a slew of from the euro zone set to test the benchmark index's record-breaking run.The pan-European STOXX 600 was up 0.1%, as of 0715 GMT. The benchmark scaled to a record high on Friday and logged its biggest weekly gain of 3% since late January, underpinned by a strong set of .
All eyes be on the U.S. producer and inflation, due on Tuesday and Wednesday, and the euro zone's final inflation and flash first-quarter GDP in the latter half of the week for the global outlook.
Travel and leisure was the top sectoral gainer, while construction and materials sub-index was the worst hit.
of shipping group jumped 8.1% to the top of the STOXX 600 as trading resumed after two days.
Italian medical diagnostic group rose for the second session, up 2.3% on the day, following Friday's first-quarter earnings.
German consumer electronics rose 4% after announcing its full-year earnings above estimates.
Source: Stocks-Markets-Economic Times