European stocks slump on China fears

By Steve Goldstein

European stocks slumped Monday, declining on fears over China’s struggling property sector as well as the Chinese effort to rein in commodity prices.

The continued rout in iron-ore futures sent miners including Anglo American /zigman2/quotes/201381512/delayed UK:AAL +0.63% and Rio Tinto /zigman2/quotes/208934945/delayed UK:RIO +1.57% sharply lower, as worries about the world’s second-largest economy mounted with questions surrounding the ability of property developer China Evergrande /zigman2/quotes/208605330/delayed HK:3333 +4.26% to make two interest payments this week.

“The big question is whether Evergrande’s problems will cause a contagion to other companies/sectors in China and hit growth there,” said Marshall Gittler, head of investment research at BDSwiss Holding.

The Stoxx Europe 600 /zigman2/quotes/210599654/delayed XX:SXXP +0.67% fell 1.8% to 453.52, as banks including Deutsche Bank /zigman2/quotes/207242873/delayed XE:DBK +0.97% and Societe Generale /zigman2/quotes/206663756/delayed FR:GLE +1.06% also traded sharply lower.

Of the major regional indexes, the German DAX /zigman2/quotes/210597999/delayed DX:DAX +0.75% skidded 2.2%, the French CAC 40 /zigman2/quotes/210597958/delayed FR:PX1 +0.86% slumped 2.4% and the U.K. FTSE 100 /zigman2/quotes/210598409/delayed UK:UKX +0.49% slumped 1.5%.

The Hang Seng /zigman2/quotes/210598030/delayed HK:HSI +0.42% dropped more than 3% with markets in Japan, South Korea and China closed for holidays, and U.S. stock futures /zigman2/quotes/209948968/delayed ES00 -0.01% /zigman2/quotes/210219788/delayed NQ00 -0.24% pointed to a downbeat start on Wall Street.

The biggest Stoxx 600 faller was Prudential PLC /zigman2/quotes/200530572/delayed UK:PRU +0.65% , which fell 6% after announcing it will sell up to 131 million shares.

The biggest Stoxx 600 gainer was Deutsche Lufthansa /zigman2/quotes/201210530/delayed XE:LHA -0.74% , which rose 4% after announcing a €2.1 billion stock sale to repay its bailout.

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Add to watchlist UK:AAL

Anglo American PLC

UK : U.K.: London

2,780.00 p

+17.50 +0.63%

Volume: 675,676

Oct. 22, 2021 1:42p

P/E Ratio

7.01

Dividend Yield

6.32%

Market Cap

£34.84 billion

Rev. per Employee

£253,662

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Rio Tinto PLC

UK : U.K.: London

4,722.00 p

+73.00 +1.57%

Volume: 672,266

Oct. 22, 2021 1:42p

P/E Ratio

5.57

Dividend Yield

13.26%

Market Cap

£80.70 billion

Rev. per Employee

£732,787

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China Evergrande Group

HK : Hong Kong

$ 2.69

+0.11 +4.26%

Volume: 172.66M

Oct. 22, 2021 4:08p

P/E Ratio

1.88

Dividend Yield

6.77%

Market Cap

$39.09 billion

Rev. per Employee

$4.66M

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STOXX Europe 600 Index

XX : STOXX

472.88

+3.17 +0.67%

Volume: 0.00

Oct. 22, 2021 2:42p

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Deutsche Bank AG

XE : Germany: Xetra

€ 11.69

+0.11 +0.97%

Volume: 3.85M

Oct. 22, 2021 2:42p

P/E Ratio

11.30

Dividend Yield

0.00%

Market Cap

€23.72 billion

Rev. per Employee

€393,992

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Societe Generale S.A.

FR : France: Euronext Paris

€ 28.65

+0.30 +1.06%

Volume: 774,785

Oct. 22, 2021 2:42p

P/E Ratio

7.91

Dividend Yield

1.92%

Market Cap

€22.30 billion

Rev. per Employee

€237,304

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DAX

DX : Xetra Indices

15,589.35

+116.79 +0.75%

Volume: 22,291

Oct. 22, 2021 2:42p

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CAC 40 Index

FR : France: Euronext Paris

6,743.59

+57.42 +0.86%

Volume: 26,447

Oct. 22, 2021 2:42p

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FTSE 100 Index

UK : FTSE UK

7,225.77

+35.47 +0.49%

Volume: 178,583

Oct. 22, 2021 1:42p

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Hang Seng Index

HK : Hong Kong Exchange

26,126.93

+109.40 +0.42%

Volume: 1.70M

Oct. 22, 2021 4:08p

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E-Mini S&P 500 Future Continuous Contract

US : U.S.: CME

$ 4,541.25

-0.50 -0.01%

Volume: 146,269

Oct. 22, 2021 7:47a

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E-Mini Nasdaq 100 Index Continuous Contract

US : U.S.: CME

$ 15,442.00

-36.75 -0.24%

Volume: 76,845

Oct. 22, 2021 7:47a

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Prudential PLC

UK : U.K.: London

1,460.00 p

+9.50 +0.65%

Volume: 586,110

Oct. 22, 2021 1:40p

P/E Ratio

N/A

Dividend Yield

0.79%

Market Cap

£39.52 billion

Rev. per Employee

£2.34M

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Deutsche Lufthansa AG

XE : Germany: Xetra

€ 5.49

-0.04 -0.74%

Volume: 7.23M

Oct. 22, 2021 2:42p

P/E Ratio

N/A

Dividend Yield

0.00%

Market Cap

€6.56 billion

Rev. per Employee

€123,463