Tech seeking a floor after selloff
Corrects para 2 to "up" instead of "down"
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TECH SEEKING A FLOOR AFTER SELLOFF
European shares were expected to steady at the open on Thursday after three days of losses, as a sharp rotation move out of high-flying Big Tech stocks looked set for a breather.
Futures on tech-heavy Nasdaq NQc1 edged up 0.6% in early European hours after clocking their biggest one-day drop since end 2022. EuroSTOXX50 STXEcv1 and FTSE FFIc1 futures also rose, by 0.2 and 0.8% respectively.
Earnings news from big chip companies kept surprising positively following ASML's ASML.AS beat on Wednesday, which was, however, overshadowed by concerns over tighter U.S. restrictions on the Dutch company's exports to China.
Profit at TSMC 2330.TW, which had been battered by Trump comments that Taiwan should pay for its defence, soared 36%, beating expectations.
ASML's Frankfurt-listed shares rose 2% after sliding 10% the day before.
The next risk event is the European Central Bank, which was widely seen keeping rates unchanged at its policy meeting later in the day, so traders will focus will be on the outlook for further rate cuts this year.
In European earnings, Swiss drugmaker Novartis NOVN.S raised its earnings guidance for a second time, driven by a gain in prescriptions of drugs.
In Sweden, Volvo Cars VOLCARb.ST beat Q2 profit expectations, but lowered its 2024 retail sales growth forecast citing an industry-wide slowdown. Truck maker AB Volvo VOLVb.ST also topped expectations and said demand was normalising.
Finnish telecom equipment maker Nokia NOKIA.HE posted a 32% drop in its quarterly operating profit because of continued weak demand for 5G telecom equipment.
(Danilo Masoni)
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