Upbeat earnings lift STOXX 600 to record high, real estate stocks shine
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UK's Experian jumps on upbeat FY revenue forecast
InPost up after Q1 core profit jumps 36% and beats forecast
Commerzbank rises on strongest quarterly profit in decade
Euro zone economy, employment expands by 0.3% in first quarter
ABN Amro slides as weaker capital overshadows profit beat
Updated at 1610 GMT
By Ankika Biswas and Johann M Cherian
May 15 (Reuters) -Europe's main share index notched arecord high on Wednesday, as investors cheered robust earnings from the likes of UK's Experian and Germany's Commerzbank, while rate-sensitive stocks got a boost after a softer-than-expected U.S. inflation print.
The pan-European STOXX 600 .STOXX was up 0.6%, with Germany's DAX .GDAXI and France's CAC 40 index .FCHI also closing at all-time highs.
A STOXX fear gauge .V2TX dropped to over a month low of 13.09 points.
Upbeat corporate earnings have offered a fresh boost to European shares, helping them regain lost ground this month and catch up with their U.S. peers. The STOXX 600 is up over 9.5%year-to-date, almost in line with an over 10% jump seen in the benchmark U.S. S&P 500 index .SPX.
Rate-sensitive real estate .SX86P and technology .SX8P stocks jumped 3.6% and 1.1%, respectively, after data showedU.S. consumer prices rose less-than-expected in April, boosting bets the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates two times this year, making room for larger cuts from the European Central Bank.
"The ECB said they're not Fed dependent, but they're certainly Fed conscious and that print gives them marginally more flexibility, especially with the view on the third rate cut towards the end of the year," said Thomas Gehlen, senior market strategist at SG Kleinwort Hambros.
On the earnings front, Experian EXPN.L jumped 8.1% and was the biggest boost to the main index after the credit data firm posted an upbeatannual organic revenue growth forecast. Poland's InPost INPST.AS advanced 6.2%following its higher first-quarter core earnings.
Boosting the healthcare index .SXDP, Merck KGaA MRCG.DE rose 4.7%after better-than-expected adjusted earnings.
Commerzbank CBKG.DE climbed 5.1% and was among top gainers on Germany's main index afterthe lender reported its strongest quarterly profit in a decade, beating expectations.
Further on data, theeuro zone economy grew by 0.3% in the first quarter, with Spain outperforming the broader region with 0.7% growth. The country's main index .IBEX added 1.1%.
On the other hand, Finland'sNeste NESTE.HE slumped 14.8% to the bottom of the STOXX 600 after the biofuels producer and oil refiner lowered its 2024 margin outlook for renewable products.
Dutch bank ABN Amro ABNd.AS shed 6.1% after a weaker first-quarter capital ratio overshadowed a better-than-forecast net profit.
Of the STOXX 600 companies that have reported first-quarter earnings to date, 60.7% beat estimates, versus the typical quarterly 54% beat rate, LSEG data showed on Tuesday.
Among others, HelloFresh HFGG.DE lost 4.6% after J.P.Morgan downgraded the German meal-kit firm to "neutral" from "overweight", while Carrefour CARR.PA shed 4% after J.P.Morgan downgraded the French supermarket to "underweight" from "neutral".
Reporting by Ankika Biswas and Johann M Cherian in Bengaluru; Editing by Sherry Jacob-Phillips, Eileen Soreng and Chris Reese
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