European stocks opened on a positive note Monday after falling sharply in the previous session on worries about the impact from higher U.S. tariffs.
Meanwhile, investors shrugged off data that showed Eurozone investors' morale deteriorated sharply in August.
The Eurozone Sentix Investor Confidence Index fell to -3.7 in August from 4.5 in July, turning negative for the first time in four months.
The pan-European STOXX 600 index was up half a percent at 538.44 after tumbling 1.9 percent in its worst session since April on Friday. The German DAX jumped more than 1 percent, France's CAC 40 added 0.9 percent and the U.K.'s FTSE 100 was up 0.4 percent.
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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.