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WAR WORRIES CATCH UP

Europe's STOXX 600 is down 0.5%, starting the week off in negative territory after shedding close to 1.5% on Friday, as concerns about the impact of the Middle East war on the global economy seem to be catching up with investors.

Most sectors were trading in the red, with luxury names .STXLUXP and automobiles and parts .SXAP leading declines, both down around 2%.

Media .SXMP and oil and gas .SXEP stocks meanwhile both rose around 1%.

Concerns over higher inflation, slower growth, and what that might mean for central bank interest rates have been reinvigorated as efforts to end the Middle East war appear to have stalled and oil prices tick higher.

Brent crude futures LCOc1 were last 0.9% higher on the day at around $110 per barrel.

French call centre firm TP TEPRF.PA shares rose 7.8% as Goldman Sachs raised their price target and the company announced it was launching a bond refinancing transaction.

Elsewhere, Crest Nicholson CRST.L fell 6.7% as UK homebuilders came under pressure.

(Sophie Kiderlin)

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