European stocks closed higher on Tuesday as strong earnings updates from the likes of UBS and Reckitt Benckiser helped investors shrug off fresh worries about China's property sector.
As inflation worries mount, investors looked ahead to a slew of central bank meetings in Europe, Japan and Canada this week for directional cues.
In China, Modern Land missed a bond payment, adding to worries about wider effects of the debt crisis at behemoth China Evergrande Group.
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June 19, 2026 16:46 ET Major central banks continued to dominate the economic news flow this week too, led by the Federal Reserve, as they announced their latest policy decisions. The Federal Reserve policy session was in focus as it was the first to be led by the new chief Kevin Warsh. In Europe, central banks of the U.K. and Switzerland announced their rate decisions. In Asia, the Bank of Japan drew attention for its policy moves, while data out of China threw some light on the state of the economy.