Euro Stoxx 50 ends 0.4 percent lower as ASML drops
Published on 10/15/2026 at 23:01 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWSChip stocks reverse Wednesday's relief
- Euro Stoxx 50 closed at 6,168 points on October 15, down 22 points or 0.4 percent.
- US inflation rose to 3.7 percent, reviving fears of further rate hikes.
- Nordea fell 7.8 percent after lower quarterly profit led it to pause share buybacks.
- Eurozone final CPI is due October 16 at 11:00 a.m. CEST, with 3.8 percent expected.
Euro Stoxx 50 lost 22 points, or 0.4 percent, to 6,168 points on October 15. The decline followed a global technology selloff after US inflation accelerated to 3.7 percent in September, Yahoo Finance reported.
Nordea fell 7.8 percent after lower quarterly profit led it to pause share buybacks, finanzen.net reported.
Why did the Euro Stoxx 50 fall?
The index opened at 6,171 points and moved between 6,119 and 6,176 points before recovering some losses. STOXX listed the session low and high with the close at 6,168 points, down from 6,190 points on October 14, STOXX reported.
Technology stocks led the weakness as higher borrowing-cost concerns pressured companies tied to artificial-intelligence infrastructure. ASML fell 4.2 percent and Infineon lost 5.2 percent, while Nordea added a banking setback, Trading Economics reported.
Defensive and selected consumer sectors cushioned the decline. Retail, luxury, pharmaceuticals and industrials posted gains even as technology shares remained under pressure, finanzen.ch reported.
Winners and losers in the Euro Stoxx 50
The following closing-market list comes from the same Euro Stoxx 50 session, finanzen.at reported:
- Rheinmetall up 4.3 percent
- Airbus up 2.3 percent
- SAP up 2.2 percent
- Infineon down 5.2 percent
- Siemens Energy down 2.2 percent
- UniCredit down 2.0 percent
What comes next for the Euro Stoxx 50
- October 16, 2026, 11:00 a.m. CEST: Eurozone final CPI, with headline inflation expected at 3.8 percent and core inflation at 2.5 percent, ActionForex reports.
- October 16, 2026, 8:30 a.m. ET: US import price data, with monthly growth expected at 0.6 percent versus 0.7 percent previously, ActionForex reports.
- October 16, 2026, 9:15 a.m. ET: US industrial production, with monthly growth expected at 0.4 percent after no change previously, Investing.com reports.
