Wind energy stocks, tech lift European shares

The pan-European STOXX 600 was up 0.5% at 556.3 points, with most regional bourses also moving higher

European shares rose on Tuesday, led by wind energy stocks after a favourable U.S. court ruling for Denmark’s Orsted, while technology shares recovered from early losses.

The pan-European STOXX 600 was up 0.5% at 556.3 points by 0848 GMT, with most regional bourses also moving higher. French stocks were in the lead with a 1% rise.

Shares of Orsted jumped 7% after a U.S. federal judge ruled that the Danish offshore wind developer can restart work on the nearly finished project off the coast of Rhode Island.

We take it as a favourable development, said Laura Cooper, global investment strategist at Nuveen, who has a favourable outlook on the clean energy sector.

Wind turbine maker Vestas and German peer Nordex also gained about 3% each.

Retailers climbed 2%, boosted by a 17.1% surge in home improvement retailer Kingfisher after it raised its full year profit outlook.

Ireland’s Kingspan Group jumped 10.2% after announcing plans for an IPO of 25% of its data-centre unit ADVNSYS, which could leave the building materials maker debt-free.

ASM International fell 1.9% after the chip equipment maker cut its revenue target for the second half of 2025.

The broader technology index rose 0.6%, reversing early losses after Wall Street tech shares gained overnight as Nvidia said it will invest up to $100 billion in OpenAI and supply it with data centre chips.

Healthcare was down 0.5%, with shares of drugmaker Roche and Novartis down about 1% each.

A survey showed euro zone business activity grew at its fastest pace in 16 months and separate reading showed activity in Germany grew at an accelerated pace.

French economic activity meanwhile contracted for the same period, while British firms reported a loss of momentum and confidence.