European stocks traded higher on Friday, with miners leading the surge on improved manufacturing data from China.
Encouraging Eurozone manufacturing and U.K. house price data also boosted sentiment ahead of ISM manufacturing PMI readings from the U.S. as well as Fed Chair Jerome Powell's speech due later in the day.
Eurozone factory downturn remained strong in November, but reductions in output, new orders and inventories eased.
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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.