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European markets close 1% lower as Fed meeting gets underway; Fortum shares up 9%

Elliot Smith
Holly Ellyatt

This is CNBC's live blog covering European markets.

European markets closed lower on Tuesday, losing momentum after the previous session's broadly higher trade.

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The pan-European Stoxx 600 ended down 1.1% provisionally, giving back opening gains of more than 0.9%.

All major bourses and most sectors were in the red by close of play, as investors awaited news on further interest rate hikes. Construction and materials led the losses, closing down 2.4%, while telecoms stocks were down 2%. Travel and leisure stocks ended slightly above the flatline.

The U.S. Federal Reserve's two-day monetary policy meeting, which begins Tuesday, is at the forefront of global investors' minds. Markets expect a 75-basis-point rate hike as the central bank strives to get soaring prices under control.

U.S. stocks were in the red in early deals.

Tuesday was a quiet day for earnings and data releases in the region, although Kingfisher and TUI Group released their latest earnings and Germany published producer price data for August.

Fortum shares up 9.5% ahead of Uniper deal

Fortum shares were up 9.5% in afternoon trade Tuesday on news that the German government is closing in on a deal to nationalize gas giant Uniper.

Germany is considering buying Finnish energy company Fortum's controlling stake in Uniper, with details expected to be announced Wednesday.

— Karen Gilchrist

U.S. stocks open lower

U.S. stocks opened lower Tuesday, as investors looked ahead to the start of the Federal Reserve's two-day meeting.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average opened down 0.9%. The S&P 500 was also 0.9% lower in early trade, while the Nasdaq was down 0.85%.

— Karen Gilchrist

Stocks on the move: Bachem Holding up 12%, Future down 16%

There were some big share price moves in Europe on Tuesday. Swiss biotech company Bachem Holding surged 12% to lead the Stoxx 600 by mid-afternoon after signing two new peptide contracts.

British media company Future PLC plunged more than 16% after Sky News reported on Monday that CEO Zillah Byng-Thorne intends to step down in 2023.

- Elliot Smith

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Holger Schmieding, chief economist at Berenberg Bank, discusses the latest producer price data out of Germany and the outlook for Europe's largest economy.

Sweden's central bank launches 100 basis point rate hike, says 'inflation is too high'

Sweden's Riksbank on Tuesday launched a 100 basis point hike to interest rates, taking its main policy rate to 1.75%, as it warned that "inflation is too high."

In a statement, the central bank said soaring inflation was "undermining households' purchasing power and making it more difficult for both companies and households to plan their finances."

Read more here.

- Elliot Smith

German producer prices soar 45.8% year-on-year in August

German producer price inflation hit 45.8% year-on-year in August, the federal statistics office said on Tuesday, driven by soaring energy prices.

The reading vastly outstripped a Dow Jones consensus forecast of 37.9%, while on a monthly basis, the producer price index rose 7.9% against a forecast of 1.6%.

The PPI reading excluding energy, however, was 0.4% on the month and 13% on the year.

- Elliot Smith

Stocks on the move: Bachem Holding up 12%, Future down 16%

There were some big share price moves in Europe on Tuesday. Swiss biotech company Bachem Holding surged 12% to lead the Stoxx 600 by mid-afternoon after signing two new peptide contracts.

British media company Future PLC plunged more than 16% after Sky News reported on Monday that CEO Zillah Byng-Thorne intends to step down in 2023.

- Elliot Smith

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Stocks finish Monday's volatile session higher

Stocks seesawed on Monday but ended the session in positive territory as a big Federal Reserve week kicked off.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed 197.26 points higher, or 0.64%, to settle at 31,019.68. The S&P 500 jumped 0.69% to 3,899.89 and the Nasdaq Composite gained 0.76% to 11,535.02.

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European markets: Here are the opening calls

European markets are expected to open in mixed territory Monday.

The U.K.'s FTSE 100 index is expected to open 15 points lower at 8,422, Germany's DAX up 23 points at 18,781, France's CAC 8 points higher at 8,201 and Italy's FTSE MIB up 15 points at 34,332, according to data from IG.

Earnings are due from Ferrovial. There are no major data releases.

— Holly Ellyatt