(Reuters) -European shares closed slightly higher on Tuesday, following a 1% jump in the previous session, as investors assessed mixed corporate earnings, while French stocks closed at a record high.
The continent-wide STOXX 600 index ended 0.2% higher and most other major regional indexes were also in positive territory. Spain's was down 0.4%.
At the top of the STOXX 600, vouchers and benefit cards provider Edenred climbed 19.6% after it reported third-quarter sales that were above expectations.
Other French stocks including luxury groups LVMH and Hermes helped to boost the broader European index by 0.7%. Industrial stocks gained 0.7%, with Airbus up 1.8% and Safran up 1.7%.
French stocks have been on the rise since last week when Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu survived two no-confidence votes.
European real estate stocks added 1.3%. Segro advanced 2.9% after the warehousing group reported strong third-quarter rent signings.
As per LSEG I/B/E/S data, 22 companies on the STOXX 600 have reported earnings so far for the third quarter, with 50% of them beating analysts' estimates.
Mining stocks were at the bottom of the STOXX 600, tracking a retreat in prices of gold, silver and copper.
The STOXX 600 index added about 1% in the previous session as concerns surrounding the U.S. banking sector and U.S.-China trade tensions calmed.
"Markets have once again shrugged off a potential risk-off event... Friday's concern over private credit exposure among the U.S. banks seems to be behind us," said Mohit Kumar, economist at Jefferies.
"Our view remains that the macro picture is supportive of risky assets and any dips will be bought."
Meanwhile, leaders of European nations, including Britain, France, Germany, Ukraine, and the European Union issued a joint statement setting out support for Ukraine and Trump's efforts to end the fighting there.
Investor sentiment was also buoyed after Trump said on Monday he expected to reach a fair trade deal with his Chinese counterpart.
Among other stocks, HSBC rose 1.6% after it appointed former NatWest executive David Lindberg as CEO of its UK business.
Assa Abloy, the world's largest lockmaker, rose 5.6% after reporting a slightly bigger-than-expected third-quarter operating profit.
BPER Banca gained 4.5% after the Italian lender signed a derivatives contract to acquire a 9.99% synthetic exposure of its share capital.
Swedish online broker Nordnet declined 4.7% on second-quarter adjusted earnings slightly below expectations.
Bottler Coca-Cola HBC AG edged down 0.9% on agreeing to acquire a controlling stake in Coca-Cola Beverages Africa and posting third-quarter organic revenue growth below estimates.
(Reporting by Sukriti Gupta and Purvi Agarwal in Bengaluru; Editing by Harikrishnan Nair and Barbara Lewis)
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