European markets close mixed after central bank rate hike and flurry of earnings reports

European markets closed mixed Friday, with the Stoxx 600 reversing earlier losses to end the day 0.1% higher.

Basic resources and retail stocks suffered the biggest losses, both declining around 2%, as telecoms stocks rose 1.8% and healthcare rose 1.4%.

British bank Natwest saw the biggest decline of the day after missing Q3 profit expectations, as the banking sector finished 0.5% lower overall.

Oil and gas firm OMV gained 9% after reporting a huge profit increase.

— Jenni Reid

Banks Natwest and CaixaBank declined sharply in afternoon trading, falling 8% and 7%, respectively.

Both released third quarter earnings Friday, with the U.K.'s Natwest reporting a £1.1 billion ($1.3 billion) profit, shy of analyst forecasts.

Spanish firm CaixaBank was down despite reporting a 18.8% annual profit increase to 884 million euros ($882.50 million), higher than anticipated.

Overall, European banking stocks were down 1%.

— Jenni Reid

Russia's central bank kept its interest rate unchanged at 7.5%, citing inflationary expectations and geopolitical uncertainty following the "partial mobilization" of Russian troops into Ukraine and prospects for a prolonged conflict.

The move to hold the interest rate ended a cycle of several months of cutting that began in April. The central bank had more than doubled rates to 20% shortly after Russia's invasion of Ukraine to counter a plummeting ruble.

The central bank has cut rates six times since then, hitting the pre-war interest rate of 9.5% by June, citing improvements in fiscal conditions and lowering inflation. While inflation is still far above the bank's target of 4%, sitting at 13.7% in September, it's fallen significantly from the 20-year high of 20.37% it hit in April as Western sanctions and foreign exchange freezes set in.

The decision to hold rates at 7.5% was expected by a majority of analysts interviewed by Reuters, the news agency reported.

— Natasha Turak

We should "expect the unexpected" when it comes to gas prices according to Miguel Stilwell d'Andrade, CEO of Portuguese electric utilities company EDP.

Stilwell d'Andrade made the comments on CNBC's "Squawk Box Europe" while discussing EDP's third quarter results and the turbulent energy market.

Shares of OMV rose 10.1% on news the Austrian oil, gas and chemicals company's profits were better than expected in the third quarter.

OMV reported around 96% growth year on year, with an operating profit of 3.52 billion euros ($3.5 billion), as reported by Reuters.

Skyrocketing oil and gas prices helped to drive the increase.

— Hannah Ward-Glenton

The German economy grew in the third quarter, going against expectations.

Gross domestic product increased by 0.3% from the previous quarter, despite the country tackling high inflation and energy concerns.

A poll by Reuters had anticipated a 0.2% contraction.

— Hannah Ward-Glenton

Natwest is down 7% after reporting flat third quarter results.

The British bank reported a £1.1 billion ($1.3 billion) profit, just missing analyst forecasts.

Natwest set aside an additional £247 million to reflect the difficult economic outlook in the U.K., which ate into profits.

— Hannah Ward-Glenton

Bank of America's CEO Brian Moynihan said we're seeing "a mitigation of growth" rather than a slowdown in an exclusive interview with "Squawk Box Europe."

— Hannah Ward-Glenton

Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan will give an exclusive live interview on CNBC's "Squawk Box Europe" at 8.00 a.m. London time.

The bank released its third-quarter earnings on Oct. 17 and stressed that the resilience of the U.S. consumer was a reason to lower concerns for an economic recession.

You can watch the interview live on CNBC here.

— Hannah Ward-Glenton

The FTSE 100 is expected to be down 32 points to 7,039 and Germany's DAX 67 points lower at 13,155, according to data from IG. The CAC will be down 25 points to open at 6,226 and Italy's MIB will be 89 points lower at 22,347.

— Hannah Ward-Glenton

Tech stocks have tumbled this week, as investor optimism fades following disappointing results from some of the sector's biggest names.  

But fund manager Brian Arcese is standing by Microsoft, calling it a "solid long term defensive holding."

Pro subscribers can read more here.

— Zavier Ong

Investors should think twice before chasing the recent bounce in stocks, according to one strategist.

"I think the market rally is a breathing space rally," Beat Wittmann, chairman of Switzerland's Porta Advisors, told CNBC.

CNBC Pro subscribers can read more here.

— Jenni Reid

Semiconductor stocks in Asia slumped after U.S. Under Secretary of Commerce Alan Estevez said he expects an imminent deal with allies to limit some chip-related exports to China.

"We expect to have a deal done in the near term," he said at a Center for a New American Security event.

Samsung Electronics dropped more than 3%, while SK Hynix tanked 6%.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company slid 1.56% and Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation lost 1.92%.

Earlier this month, the U.S. announced new export curbs on advanced technology exports to China in a bid to restrain Beijing's military systems.

Japan and the Netherlands both also produce advanced equipment used to make chips, but do not have controls on exports to China yet.

— Abigail Ng

Japan's central bank left interest rates unchanged Friday, in line with predictions by economists in a Reuters poll.

The Bank of Japan also said it would purchase necessary amounts of Japanese government bonds at a fixed rate in order to keep 10-year JGB yields at 0%.

"The Bank will support financing, mainly of firms, and maintain stability in financial markets, and will not hesitate to take additional easing measures if necessary," it said in its monetary policy statement.

— Jihye Lee