Europe's benchmark STOXX 600 hit an intraday record high on Friday and logged its biggest weekly jump in over a month, underpinned by gains in cyclical stocks and investors pushing back on expectations for an imminent U.S. interest rate hike.
The pan-European STOXX 600 hit another high of 652.35 and closed 0.7% higher on Friday, registering its sharpest weekly jump since mid-May. Germany's DAX index also notched an all-time high and closed up 0.8%.