{
  "id": 12100772,
  "title": "European shares rise after last week’s selloff; French stocks lag",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/european-shares-rise-after-last-weeks-selloff-french-stocks-lag",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-05T07:42:50.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Investing.com",
    "slug": "investing-com",
    "url": "https://www.investing.com/news/economy-news/european-shares-rise-after-last-weeks-selloff-french-stocks-lag-4931163"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "European shares rebounded on Monday, partially undoing last week's declines, while French stocks struggled with fiscal worries and a sharp drop in Schneider Electric shares after its record $22.6 billion acquisition of US software firm PTC. The pan-European STOXX 600 index rose 0.2% to 632.42 points by 0720 GMT, with most major regional indexes either flat or up. The index had fallen its biggest weekly percentage loss in a month earlier in the week, as soaring bond yields heightened fears of inflation and deteriorating fiscal situations.\n\nIn France, the CAC 40 index slipped 0.8%, while the euro reached a 17-month low as investors fretted over the nation's mounting debt levels and political stalemates prior to next year's presidential election. Schneider Electric's shares plummeted 7.2% following the French engineering company's largest transaction to date. Spanish equities remained relatively stable after Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced a snap election for November 29. Mining stocks experienced a modest gain of 0.5% as prices of precious metals climbed, fueled by weaker-than-anticipated US jobs data, which intensified expectations that the Federal Reserve would maintain interest rates steady this month.",
  "summary": null,
  "key_points": [
    "European shares rebounded 0.2% on Monday, reversing last week's 1% decline",
    "French CAC 40 index fell 0.8%, amid fiscal concerns and Schneider Electric's 7.2% drop",
    "Spanish equities stable, mining stocks up 0.5% on rising metal prices"
  ],
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}