European stocks fall, luxury names slide
STOXX 600 down 0.4%
Burberry, Swatch results weigh on luxury names
China growth slows
Wall St futures edge up
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EUROPEAN STOCKS FALL, LUXURY NAMES SLIDE
European equity markets are mostly lower on Monday, led by a slide in luxury names after disappointing trading updates from Burberry and Swatch.
Britain's Burberry BRBY.L is down over 14% after it axed its CEO and scrapped its dividend following a profit warning. Swiss-listed Swatch UHR.S is down 11% after reporting a steep fall in first-half sales and earnings.
That weakness has bled into other luxury names with Richemont, Hugo Boss, LVMH, Kering and Ferragamo all falling between 2.1%-8.7%.
In the broader market, the STOXX 600 .STOXX is down 0.4%, having risen 1.6% last week, its biggest weekly jump since the first week of May.
The DAX .GDAXI, FTSE 100 .FTSE and CAC 40 .FCHI are all down 0.3%-0.7%. Spain's IBEX .IBEX is failing to get a Euro 2024 winning lift, falling 0.8%.
Investors are also trying to get a handle on what the assassination attempt on Donald Trump might mean for markets.
Betting odds suggest that Trump now has a greater chance of winning November's election, a scenario that could see more U.S. import tariffs and greater fiscal spending.
Further adding to the downbeat mood in Europe was news that China's economy grew at a much slower pace than expected in the second quarter due to a slowdown in retail sales and factory output.
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