European Shares Hover Below Record High, Telecom Stocks Jump

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Updated: Sep 7, 2021, 08:56 GMT+00:00

(Reuters) - European stocks hovered below record highs on Tuesday as caution ahead of a European Central Bank meeting later this week offset gains in the telecoms sector following a Deutsche Telekom deal.

German share price index DAX graph is pictured at the stock exchange in Frankfurt

The pan-European STOXX 600 index slipped 0.1% by 07:19 GMT, after coming just a point below its record high in the previous session.

Media and utilities fell the most among sectors, while telecoms gained 0.8%.

Deutsche Telekom rose 2.5% after it struck a share-swap deal with Softbank Group to increase its stake in U.S. unit T-Mobile and sold its Dutch unit.

Shares in Sweden’s Tele2 rose 1%, while KPN gained almost 4%.

Germany’s Allianz slipped 0.5% after Reuters reported that regulators have launched an investigation into the company after the demise of some of its U.S. investment funds last year.

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(Reporting by Sruthi Shankar in Bengaluru; Editing by Shounak Dasgupta)

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