Luxury sector bellwether Richemont jumped 16% after reporting a better-than-expected 10% increase in fiscal third-quarter sales, while France's LVMH, Kering and Christian Dior all rising. Retailers Moncler, Burberry, Swatch and Hermes also crowded around the top of the Stoxx index.

The drop in Apple shares Thursday broke a three-day winning streak for the S&P, despite big banks posting upbeat earnings.

Bank of America and Morgan Stanley are due to report earnings. Follow along for live updates on stocks, bonds and other markets, including the Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite.

Bank of America and Morgan Stanley earnings are out. Follow along for live updates on stocks, bonds and other markets, including the Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite.

This earnings season, strategists at JPMorgan Chase expect US firms to significantly outpace their European counterparts in terms of profit growth.

Europe’s Stoxx 600 index hit a record high for the first time since September, as investors grew optimistic that the harshest of threatened US tariffs may not be implemented.

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The S&P 500 climbed to 6,100 for the first time during Wednesday's session. Traders cheered strong earnings and an AI initiative Trump announced on Tuesday.

Of the S&P 500 companies that have reported earnings so far, 79% have beat estimates, according to FactSet data.

Matteo Colombo/DigitalVision via Getty Images With the fourth quarter earnings season underway, energy (XLE), financial (XLF) and industrial (XLI)

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As US president Donald Trump storms ahead with his policy agenda to kick off his return to office, it is worth considering what his second term will mean for your investments. Trump signed a slew of executive orders and actions following his inauguration on Monday.