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The pan-European STOXX 600 held steady at 571.2 points by 0712 GMT, headed for a third straight weekly gain.
Automobiles gained 0.9%, with Milan-listed shares of Stellantis up 1.5% after the automaker said its global vehicle shipments rose 13% year-on-year in the third quarter.
Euro zone banks climbed 0.5% early on, with France’s BNP Paribas and Germany’s Commerzbank gaining close to 1% each.
On the downside, heavyweight healthcare stocks dipped 0.5%, with UK drugmaker AstraZeneca and Denmark’s Novo Nordisk off about 1% each.
Investors will also tune in to developments in France, where President Emmanuel Macron will convene a meeting of France’s mainstream political parties ahead of a self-imposed deadline to name a new prime minister. French blue chips gained 0.3%. Germany’s Energiekontor dropped 13.3% after the wind and solar park developer cut its 2025 earnings forecast. \
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