European stocks struggled for gains on Wednesday as investors absorbed a mixed bag of earnings from Société Générale, A.P. Moeller-Maersk and other corporates, while U.S. equity futures rose.
On firmer footing were U.S. stock futures ES00, +0.33% YM00, +0.29% NQ00, +0.44%, which pointed to a higher start for Wall Street following a lackluster session that saw the S&P 500 SPX, -0.11% and Dow industrials DJIA, -0.03% each snap six-session winning streaks. The Nasdaq Composite COMP, +0.14% eked out its 10th record close.
Among European stocks on the move, shares of Adyen ADYEN, +9.12% led the Stoxx 600 gainers with a nearly 10% gain after the Dutch paints company reported higher net profit for the second half of 2020 and lifted its long-term earnings margin target. Shares of Smurfit Kappa SKG, +3.50% rose over 3% after the paper-based packaging group reported higher pretax profit and lifted its final dividend.
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