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The pan-European STOXX 600 (STOXX) rose 0.9% by 0716 GMT, in its fourth consecutive day of gains. Banks (SX7P), automakers (SXAP) and travel & leisure (SXTP) were the top gainers, rising between 1.5% and 2%.
Financial markets entered the second half of the year on a positive note this week, as business surveys showed a coronavirus-induced slump in global manufacturing eased in June, while a COVID-19 vaccine was found to be well-tolerated in early stage human trials.
The U.S. payrolls data, due at 1230 GMT, is likely to show the economy created jobs at a record clip in June, although surging virus cases threaten to derail the recovery.
Among individual movers, Associated British Foods (L:ABF) jumped 7.1% as it said that trading in its Primark fashion stores that reopened after lockdown has been “reassuring and encouraging”.
German fashion house Hugo Boss (DE:BOSSn) rose 1.4% after it appointed Tommy Hilfiger executive Oliver Timm as its chief sales officer.
Scandal-hit Wirecard (DE:WDIG) slumped 25% after police and public prosecutors raided its headquarters in Munich and four properties in Germany and Austria.
