Europe's STOXX 600 clocks all-time closing high on China stimulus boost
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STOXX 600 up 1.3%
Sweden's H&M falls after abandoning 2024 margin target
Switzerland's Swatch jumps on report of potential delisting
Swiss National Bank cuts rate by 25 bps
Updated at 1600 GMT
By Pranav Kashyap and Shashwat Chauhan
Sept 26 (Reuters) -European shares jumped on Thursday, with China-exposed stocks such as luxury and miners outperforming on news of aggressive Chinese economic stimulus, while chip stocks also advanced following U.S. firm Micron's strong revenue forecast.
The pan-European STOXX 600 index .STOXX closed 1.3% higher at 525.61 points, an all-time closing high and 0.2% away from the intraday record high.
Chinese leaders pledged to deploy "necessary fiscal spending" to meet this year's economic growth target of roughly 5%, acknowledging new problems and raising market expectations for fresh stimulus on top of measures announced this week.
"This is a very positive market reaction that will probably fade a little bit with time because issues around Chinese demand are going to take time to solve," said Tim Graf, managing director and head of macro strategy for EMEA at State Street Global Markets.
"You're seeing a little bit of a relief rally that there are efforts being taken to solve them, but it's still a very long process."
China-exposed luxury firms such as LVMH LVMH.PA and Hermes HRMS.PA gained around 9% each. A gauge of ten of Europe's biggest luxury firms .STXLUXP rose 6.5%.
Mining stocks .SXPP also jumped 4.3% on elevated base metal prices. MET/L
Europe's technology sector .SX8P gained 3% as shares of semiconductor companies jumped after Micron Technology MU.O forecast higher-than-expected revenue on AI demand.
Bucking the trend, heavyweight energy shares .SXEP eased 3% as crude oil prices dropped more than 2% on a media report that Saudi Arabia will give up its price target in preparation for raising output, and as OPEC+ looked set to raise output in December. O/R
In Switzerland, the country's central bank reduced interest rates by 25 basis points, echoing steps to lower borrowing costs by the European Central Bank (ECB) and U.S. Federal Reserve, and left the door wide open for more rate cuts as inflation cools sharply. The Swiss benchmark .SSMI closed 1.4% up.
Policy doves at the ECB are preparing to fight for an interest rate cut next month after a string of weaker-than-expected economic data, a move likely to meet resistance from their more conservative peers, seven sources told Reuters.
Deutsche Bank said it now anticipated a faster ECB rate-cutting cycle, with back-to-back quarter-point rate cuts starting from December.
Swatch Group UHR.S jumped 12.1% with a trader pointing to a report stating that the Swiss watchmaker could be delisted.
Germany's Commerzbank CBKG.DE gained 6.9% after the lender confirmed its strategy up until 2027, and said it aims for payout ratios of more than 90% for the years 2025 to 2027.
H&M HMb.ST shed 4.6% after the world's second-biggest listed fashion retailer scrapped its margin target for 2024.
Reporting by Pranav Kashyap and Shashwat Chauhan in Bengaluru; Editing by Sonia Cheema, Mrigank Dhaniwala, Alexandra Hudson
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