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Italian anti-riot policemen clash with demonstrators over measures to fight the spread of COVID-19 in the center of Naples, southern Italy, on October, 24, 2020.
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European stocks traded lower Monday on a combination of worries, including a profit warning from business software giant SAP, new restrictions on activity in response to COVID-19 and difficulties in U.S. stimulus talks.
Down 1.4% last week, the Stoxx Europe 600 SXXP, -0.84% fell 1.2%.
After the SAP warning, the German DAX DAX, -2.30% skidded 2.7%. The French CAC 40 PX1, -0.87% fell 1.2% and the U.K. FTSE 100 UKX, -0.31% lost 0.6%.
Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average YM00, -0.93% skidded 285 points. The S&P 500 SPX, +0.34% fell 0.5% last week.
Further restrictions on activity were introduced in Europe to fight a second wave of the coronavirus. Italy from Monday will close bars and restaurants by 6 p.m., and shut cinemas and gyms altogether, while Spain is introducing an 11 p.m. curfew. World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said northern hemisphere countries are facing a “dangerous moment.”
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and White House chief of staff Mark Meadows on Sunday accused each other of moving the goalposts in stimulus talks, in separate interviews they gave to CNN.
Investors in Europe also are positioning ahead of talks between the European Union and the U.K. on a post-Brexit trade deal, this week’s European Central Bank meeting and next week’s U.S. elections.
Also of note, the dollar USDTRY, +1.06% broke through 8 Turkish lira, another indicator of the economic struggles Turkey is facing.
SAP SAP, -16.78% SAP, +1.38% dropped 20% — its worst single-day performance since losing 23% on Oct. 23, 1996 — as the German business software giant revised down its 2020 outlook as it said the impact of COVID-19 has been to push back customer investments between one and two years. SAP said its 2023 operating margin would be up to 5 percentage points lower than it previously targeted.
TeamViewer TMV, -1.56%, a maker of remote software, and IT consultant Capgemini CAP, -2.55% also dropped after the SAP warning.
Coca-Cola European Partners CCEP, -0.30% CCEP, -1.14% rose 1% after offering A$10.8 billion, or €5.2 billion, for Coca-Cola Amatil CCL, +16.27%, one of the largest bottlers and distributors of ready-to-drink non-alcoholic and alcoholic beverages and coffee in the Asia Pacific region. The Coca-Cola Co. KO, -0.31% tentatively agreed to sell its 31% stake. Coca-Cola European Bottlers separately said third-quarter adjusted revenue fell 3%.
Bayer BAYN, -0.28% slipped 1% after it said it would pay up to $4 billion for Asklepios BioPharmaceutical, a U.S.-headquartered biopharmaceutical company specializing in gene therapies.
