Automakers lead European shares lower; Italian stocks slide
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STOXX 600 down 1.3%
Wise at bottom of STOXX 600 on lower profit forecast
JPM places Lufthansa on negative catalyst watch, shares down
Updated at 1550 GMT
By Shristi Achar A and Shashwat Chauhan
June 13 (Reuters) -European shares slipped on Thursday, with automakers falling on continued jitters over the European Union's new tariffs on imported Chinese electric vehicles, while Italian shares underperformed their continental peers.
The continent-wide STOXX 600 .STOXX closed 1.3% lower, with auto stocks .SXAP losing 2.4% as investors fretted overhow China might respond to the EU's new tariffs on imported Chinese EVs to combat what Brussels sees as excessive subsidies from Beijing.
"If the tariffs fail to fully level the playing field for domestic producers, or even advantage them, Europe may just have shot itself in the foot," Bas van Geffen, senior macro strategist at Rabobank, said.
Beijing slammed the tariffs as protectionist behaviour and said it hoped the EU would correct its "wrong practices" and handle trade friction through dialogue.
Italy's benchmark stock index .FTMIB lagged peers with an 2.2% drop after Italian borrowing costs rose to their highest since November at an auction.
European equities have pulled back from last week's record highs hit on the back of the European Central Bank's interest rate cut, as investors assessed political uncertainty in France after the calling of a snap election.
France's CAC 40 .FCHI remained under pressure, falling almost 2%, while European banks .SX7P dropped 2.4%.
Also spreading caution across global markets, the Federal Reserve on Wednesday held interest rates steady and pushed out the start of rate cuts to perhaps as late as December.
Latest projections showed Fed policymakers anticipating just one quarter-point rate cut this year from three seen in March.
Back in Europe, data showed euro zone industrial production contracted 0.1% in April, compared to analysts' expectations of 0.2% growth.
Spain's EU-harmonised 12-month inflation rose to 3.8% in May, from 3.4% in the period through April.
Among other stocks, Wise WISEa.L sank 11.5% to the bottom of the STOXX 600 after the British money transfer company forecast a weaker than expected outlook for profits.
Shares of Lufthansa LHAG.DE slid 5.5% as J.P.Morgan placed the German flagship airline on a negative catalyst watch.
On the bright side, Halma HLMA.L jumped 13.4% as the British health and safety device maker raised its dividend for the 45th consecutive year after posting a 10% jump in annual profit.
Finnish engineering company Valmet VALMT.HE gained 12.8% after hiking its core profit (EBITA) guidance for 2024.
Reporting by Shristi Achar A and Shashwat Chauhan in Bengaluru; Editing by Varun H K and Mark Potter
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