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title: Chip and Materials Suppliers Lead Europe's Stocks to Record Highs
description: Soitec and AT&S top the STOXX Europe 600's 2026 performers as the index sets fresh records, with no luxury or pharmaceutical name in the top ten.
author: Darie Nani (Editor-in-Chief)
date: 2026-08-08T18:00:00.000Z
updated: 2026-08-08T18:26:31.386Z
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European share indices set fresh records this week, and the STOXX Europe 600 climbed again on Friday, [trading between 658.32 and 663.41 on the index provider's own figures](https://www.stoxx.com/index-details?symbol=SXXP), above the 658.19 high it carried into the session. Its published closing series runs 657.14 on Wednesday, 658.19 on Thursday and 660.25 on Friday.

The EURO STOXX 50 set an all-time high on Wednesday and has gained about 10% since the start of the year. Germany's DAX broke above 26,100 for the first time, France's CAC 40 reached a record 8,700 and Italy's FTSE MIB reached 53,540.

[Euronews ranked the ten best-performing European stocks worth €1 billion or more by share price gain through 5 August](https://www.euronews.com/business/2026/08/06/european-stocks-hit-record-highs-the-10-best-performers-of-2026), and the list is led by suppliers of the materials, machinery and testing equipment behind [the AI data centre build-out](https://www.sovereignmagazine.com/article/inside-europe-s-30bn-progress-on-ai-sovereignty).

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