Sruthi Shankar

European shares closed lower on Monday, giving back Friday's gains on optimism around U.S. monetary policy easing, while JDE Peet's soared on a buyout deal.

European stocks dipped on Tuesday on renewed worries about a U.S.-China trade war and as Michelin's shares slid to a more than two-year low after the French tyre maker cut its annual forecast.

European stocks closed higher on Wednesday as France's LVMH sparked a rally in luxury goods groups and eased concerns that slowing global growth and tariffs are hurting corporate health.

French stocks rose to a seven-month high on Thursday after the government survived a confidence vote, while a jump in Nestle buoyed the wider European market.

U.S. stocks closed higher on Friday after a rocky start to the week, as a rebound in technology shares offset tumbling consumer stocks such as Nike.

Wall Street is in the grip of disruption worries from AI. It first started with investors dumping shares of software companies but soon spread to sectors seen as vulnerable to automation, driving sharp losses in U.S. stocks this week.

UK stock indexes were swept up ​in a global selloff on Monday, as an escalating military conflict in ‌the Middle East fuelled a jump in oil prices and drove investors towards safe-haven assets.

The S&P 500 ended lower on Thursday, with Intel and other chip stocks retreating ​after a recent rally, while uncertainty around U.S.-Iran peace talks weighed on the wider market.

The Nasdaq Composite and the S&P 500 lost ground on Tuesday under ​pressure from technology stocks, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average touched a record high and SpaceX surpassed Amazon's market value to become ‌the fifth-most valuable U.S. company.

The spotlight is on chipmaker ​Micron Technology as it prepares to report earnings, and investors are bracing for more volatility after recent market swings fueled by large flows ‌tied to SpaceX and a two-day boom-bust in semiconductor stocks.