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PARIS: European shares jumped on Wednesday as further evidence of easing consumer inflation in the United States boosted hopes that the Federal Reserve could end its market-punishing interest rate hikes soon, with technology and miners leading gains.

The pan-European STOXX 600 index closed 1.5% higher, extending gains to the fourth straight day.

US consumer prices advanced 3.0% in June - their smallest year-on-year increase since March 2021 - after 4% growth in May.

Core inflation, which excludes volatile food and energy prices, also grew 4.8% last month, moderating from a 5.3% increase in May.

While traders still expect the Fed to hike interest rates by 25 basis points at its meeting later in July, analysts said the US central bank could be close to ending its tightening given the downward trend in inflation.

“Regardless of whether the FOMC (the US Central Bank’s interest-rate setting body) raises interest rates later this week or not, the Fed is likely coming to the end of its interest rate hiking cycle,” said Daniel Casali, Chief Investment Strategist at Evelyn Partners.

UK’s Virgin Money climbed 11.5%, while shares of Lloyds, Barclays and HSBC rose about 3% each after the Bank of England said Britain’s eight largest lenders showed no capital inadequacies.

Gains in the lenders lifted UK’s FTSE 100 index by 1.8%, leading gains among European peers and pushing the European banks index up 1.9%.

Miners were the biggest sectoral gainers, up 3.8% as metal prices climbed on a weaker dollar.

Boosting the technology sub-index, semiconductor firms, including Aixtron, ASM International and Infineon, rose between 4% and 6.5% after Jefferies raised price targets on the stocks.

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