European stocks mixed after latest AI Wall Street sell-off
Published Fri, Feb 13 2026
2:27 AM EST
Updated 47 Min Ago
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European shares were mixed on Friday, after AI fears triggered another sell-off on Wall Street overnight.
The pan-European Stoxx 600 was oscillating around the flatline at 8:50 a.m. in London (3:500a.m. ET), with most sectors and major bourses in negative territory.
French aerospace firm Safran led the Stoxx 600 with a 7.3% gain on Friday after reporting a net income rise of 3.5% year-on-year to 3.17 billion euros ($3.8 billion) in 2025, as revenues rose 15% to 31.3 billion euros.
Elsewhere in corporate earnings news, NatWest Group fell 0.3% in morning trade after the U.K. lender recorded fourth-quarter profit of £1.48 billion, outflanking analysts' estimates of £1.24 billion.
Stocks tied to Europe's property sector were trading lower on Friday morning after AI jitters rippled through U.S. real estate names, as well as trucking and software stocks, during the previous session.
Land Securities, the U.K.'s largest commercial property development and investment company, lost 2.5% on Friday morning, while rival developer British Land also fell 2.5% in morning dealmaking. Segro, which specializes in edge-of-town flexible business space, dipped 1.2% and Germany real estate operator Vonovia was 0.1% lower.
Global investors are also awaiting U.S. inflation data, which will be published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics at 8:30 a.m. ET.
Metal markets were subdued on Friday morning, after the Financial Times reported U.S. President Donald Trump had plans to scale back tariffs on steel and aluminum. Aluminum futures in London and the U.S. were 1.2% and 0.6% lower, respectively, while front-month steel futures were down 0.1%.
Elsewhere, international officials are gathering in Munich, Germany, for the Munich Security Conference, which runs through Sunday.