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MILAN/FRANKFURT: European stocks started November trading on a strong footing as a rebound in factory activity around the world outweighed worries over a resurgence in Covid-19 cases that is driving major economies in the continent back into a lockdown.

The exporter-heavy German DAX index jumped 2.0% as a survey showed factories in Europe's largest economy saw record growth in new orders in October, with numbers improving in other euro zone economies as well.

Morning trading was hit by a tech glitch, with the pan-European STOXX 600 and STOXX 50 indexes failing to show opening prices due to "input data problems", index operator Qontigo told its clients.

The indexes were back online an hour after the open, with the STOXX 600 rebounding 1.6% from a five-month low hit last week.

London's domestically exposed midcap index slipped 0.2% after Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced new restrictions to curb the coronavirus across England that would kick in after midnight on Thursday and last until Dec. 2.

Europe's main regional indexes tumbled to multi-month lows last week after Germany and France imposed nationwide lockdowns and several other countries tightened coronavirus restrictions to limit the spread of the virus.

The latest round of curbs drove US banks Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley to cut Europe's fourth-quarter economic forecasts, while BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager, downgraded European equities to "neutral."

Among individual stocks, Italy's biggest payments group Nexi slipped 2.6% after saying that it was in exclusive merger talks with Denmark's Nets over a potential $8 billion tie-up.

British online supermarket and technology group Ocado jumped 8.0% after saying that it would buy two robotics companies and upgraded its full-year earnings outlook.-Reuters

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