European stocks rose on Tuesday as investors sought bargains following two days of declines.
A retreat in U.S. Treasury yields and gains in U.S. stock futures on expectations of more stimulus measures in China boosted investor sentiment.
Banks were seeing broad-based gains on expectations that they would benefit from higher interest rates.
After a number of ECB officials spoke in favor of rate hikes, traders are now pricing in more than a two-thirds chance of a 75-basis-point move at the central bank's September 8 policy meeting.
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May 22, 2026 14:46 ET Minutes of the latest Fed policy session was the highlight of the week along with survey data on the U.S. housing market. In Europe, survey data signaled the trends in the euro area private sector. Further, consumer price inflation data from the U.K. was in focus. In Asia, various economic indicators from China drew attention to the health of the economy.