Major stock markets outside the United States ended on Monday.
According to Thomson Reuters StarMine data, 12-month forecast earnings growth for the banking sector is one of the highest, at 81.4 percent, compared with the STOXX 600 average of 25.9 percent. The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index closed up 2.6 percent at 1,070.93 points. The index has slipped in the past three sessions but ended 5 percent higher in July to record its first monthly gain since March.