Focus: Europe

Focus: Europe

Market Close: Mon, 26 January 2026

Daily Insights

At market close, European equities exhibited mild resilience amid mixed global cues, with investors navigating ongoing macroeconomic uncertainties and sector-specific developments.

Key Drivers Behind Today’s Moves

  • Geopolitical and trade uncertainty
  • Markets remain sensitive to ongoing geopolitical tensions and trade concerns — especially residual worries about U.S. tariff talk and global trade dynamics.
  • These remain a significant backdrop even if specific headlines calm.

Macro & policy focus: Investors are watching upcoming U.S. Federal Reserve policy signals closely — with expectations around interest rate decisions influencing sentiment.

Earnings season attention also helped shape trading flows, as corporate updates roll in.

Today’s European trading session was defined by cautious sentiment with markets mostly flat to slightly lower. There was sector divergence, metals up, travel and defence weaker. Macro drivers are front-and-centre -  Fed policy, earnings and global geopolitical news.

Swing Trading Ideas (1–4 Weeks) - TEVO Methodology

Today's TEVO swing trade shortlist highlights three compelling long opportunities in the European media and information services space, all featuring Pending Medium-Term Reversal and Top Quantmatix setups. These positions target oversold conditions with strong historical hit rates above 70%, indicating positive expected value over the 1-4 week horizon. The concentration in long setups underscores improving momentum in select underperformers, offering high-probability entries for swing traders.

Q Target Δ% Hit%
Vivendi Se (VIV:XPAR) -7.6 2.60 +7.2% 72%
Sage Group (SGE:XLON) -4.4 10.96 +5.1% 68%
Informa Plc (INF:XLON) -6.0 9.41 +3.6% 77%

TEVO trades pick oversold/overbought but improving setups with positive expected value, strong historical hit-rates, giving you only the highest-probability swing opportunities each week.

Market Movements

European benchmarks traded modestly higher, led by the Stoxx 600's 0.2% gain, though the CAC 40 dipped slightly amid divergent performances across major indices. Materials surged to lead sectors with Utilities close behind, while Industrials lagged, highlighting a rotation toward resource and defensive plays; standout individual movers included PUMA SE with a sharp 16.9% advance in consumer discretionary. Decliners like Hemnet and Teleperformance, both carrying Pending Medium-Term Reversal short signals, suggest potential mean-reversion setups in overextended names. This action points to broadening participation beyond recent leaders, with lower volatility supporting a constructive backdrop for selective risk-taking.

Market Snapshot

Equities

1D WTD
STOXX 600

+0.2%

+0.2%

Euro Stoxx 50

+0.2%

+0.2%

DAX

+0.1%

+0.1%

FTSE 100

+0.1%

+0.1%

CAC 40

-0.1%

-0.1%

Fixed Income

1D WTD
GERMANY GOVT 10Y

0.0%

0.0%

FX

1D WTD
EUR/USD

0.0%

0.0%

Commodities

1D WTD
Natural Gas Future ICE

0.0%

0.0%

Volatility

1D WTD
VSTOXX

-1.1%

-1.1%

Focus: Stoxx 600

Top Gainers (1-Day)

1D WTD
Puma Se

+16.9%

+16.9%

Ubisoft Entertai

+9.6%

+9.6%

Kghm

+8.4%

+8.4%

Top Losers (1-Day)

1D WTD
Hemnet

-9.4%

-9.4%

Teleperformance

-7.7%

-7.7%

3I Group Plc

-4.9%

-4.9%

Sectors (Equal-Weighted)

1D (%)

Materials

+0.8%

Utilities

+0.7%

Information

+0.4%

Communicatio

+0.4%

Real Estate

+0.4%

Health Care

+0.4%

Financials

+0.2%

Consumer Dis

+0.1%

Consumer Sta

+0.1%

Energy

+0.1%

Industrials

-0.2%

Ranked by 1-day change

Quantmatix Success Stories

Our signals delivered strong results last week, with top performers generating profits up to 4.7% from Short-Term and Medium-Term Reversal trades across long and short positions, affirming Quantmatix's precision in capturing market moves.

Date Profit %
NEMETSCHEK SE (NEM:XETR) Fri, 23 Jan +4.7%
MYCRONIC AB (MYCR:XSTO) Fri, 23 Jan +3.2%
UMICORE (UMI:XBRU) Fri, 23 Jan +3.0%
KINGSPAN GROUP (KSP:XDUB) Fri, 23 Jan +2.2%
ST JAMES'S PLACE (STJ:XLON) Fri, 23 Jan +2.1%
Key
Short-term signals Short-T DR Short-T TopQ
Medium-term signals Medium-T DR Medium-T TopQ Pending Medium-T DR Pending Medium-T TopQ

Disclaimer: These insights are generated using AI and are provided for informational purposes only. They do not constitute financial advice or a recommendation to buy or sell any security. The content may be incomplete or contain errors and should not be relied upon for investment decisions. Always consult a qualified financial adviser before making financial choices.