The move on indexes on Friday was more muted as investors hunkered down ahead of earnings reports from major US banks including JPMorgan and Citigroup later in the day. The pan-European STOXX 600 index rose 0.1 percent while euro zone bluechips were little changed. European earnings get underway in earnest only later this month. Overall, analyst are calling for about 9 percent year-on-year earnings growth for top European firms, compared to about 8 percent for the U.S., according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S. (This article has not been edited by DNA's editorial team and is auto-generated from an agency feed.)

Source: dna July 14, 2017 07:30 UTC