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STOXX 600 closes down 0.57% at 634.10, weekly loss about 1.6%

The pan-European STOXX 600 fell 0.57% to 634.10 on Friday, bringing its weekly decline to about 1.6%. The euro-area STOXX 50 dropped 0.6% to 6,050.46, down about 2.5% for the week, while the FTSE Eurofirst 300 slipped 0.53% to 2,530.79. Luxury stocks led losses: Kering, Gucci’s parent, fell more than 16%, Salvatore Ferragamo lost 7.2% and Richemont dropped 6.3%, while L’Oréal gained 5.5%.

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The weekly damage is concentrated rather than broad: the euro-area STOXX 50's steeper decline relative to the wider STOXX 600 points to large-cap pressure, and the luxury complex is doing most of the work, with Kering's double-digit drop far outpacing the index. That single-sector concentration matters because luxury has been a bellwether for euro-area earnings and for demand read-throughs beyond Europe. The offsetting L'Oréal gain suggests the selling is selective, not a blanket risk-off move. Whether luxury weakness stays idiosyncratic or spreads into the broader index is the open question worth watching.

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