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STOXX 600 down 0.6% in soft start to the weekRichemont slumps after organic sales growth disappointsWeak China data drags other luxury firmsArgenx jumps, helps Brussels stocks outshine EuropeJuly 17 (Reuters) - European shares fell on Monday as Richemont led a slide among luxury firms on weaker-than-expected organic sales growth and as lacklustre economic growth in China raised concerns about demand from the world's second-biggest economy.The pan-European STOXX 600 index (.STOXX) closed 0.6% lower, with luxury giants at the forefront of the selling pressure.Shares of the world's second-biggest luxury firm, Richemont...

Renault's chairperson Jean-Dominique Senard looks on during a visit by the French President to the site of the future factory of Japan-based battery maker Envision AESC group, where Renault SA develops an electric-vehicle manufacturing hub, in Douai, France June 28, 2021. Ludovic Marin/Pool via... Read moreAIX-EN-PROVENCE, France, July 9 (Reuters) - European firms are concerned they could get caught in the cross-fire of rising economic rivalry between the United States and China, with some officials at a French business conference also frustrated at Europe's slowness in crafting a response.Rising trade...

AIX-EN-PROVENCE, France, July 9 (Reuters) - An unusually long lag in the time interest rate hikes are taking to feed through to the economy has left corporate leaders guessing whether to prepare for a hard or soft landing.Although central banks in the United States and Europe have raised interest rates at the fastest pace in decades in an effort to tame inflation, most economies have so far escaped the painful recessions triggered by previous tightening cycles.For corporate leaders at a weekend economics conference in the southern French town of Aix-en-Provence,...

Siemens Energy weighs on German stocksGSK jumps on settling first Zantac cancer U.S. lawsuitEuro zone business growth stalls in June - flash PMISTOXX 600 off 0.3%, Germany's DAX down 1.0%June 23 (Reuters) - European shares dipped on Friday at the end of a central bank policy-packed week that reinforced views that interest rates could stay higher for longer, while shares of Siemens Energy plunged as it withdrew its annual profit outlook.The STOXX 600 (.STOXX) index closed 0.3% lower after data showed euro zone business growth stalled this month as the...