The pan-European Stoxx 600 climbed 0.9% in early trade, with banks adding 2% to lead gains. All sectors traded in positive territory except health care, which fell 0.2%. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index dropped more than 2% as tech shares took a hit. Chinese leaders downplayed country’s gross domestic product target of ‘around 5.5%’ U.S. stock futures rose in early premarket trade on Friday as strong quarterly reports from major tech companies, including Amazon and Apple, supported risk sentiment among investors. Eurozone economic data due at 10 a.m. GMT on Friday, with July harmonized inflation readings out of the euro zone also due later in the day in the region. . . .
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