11:52 AM EDT, 10/14/2026 (MT Newswires) -- European stock markets closed higher Wednesday as investors assessed earnings reports amid steady bond yields.

The Stoxx Europe 600 gained 0.5%, Germany's DAX 40 rose 0.3%, the FTSE 100 increased 0.8%, France's CAC 40 advanced 0.6%, and the Swiss Market Index climbed 1.5%.

In corporate news, ASML reported fiscal Q3 net income of 12.93 euros ($14.49) per diluted share, up from 5.48 euros a year earlier. Analysts polled by FactSet expected 10.96 euros.

Shares of ASML rose 1.8% in Amsterdam.

BHP workers' representatives in Chile are holding last-minute talks to avoid a strike at Escondida, the world's largest copper mine, media outlets reported.

Shares of the mining company fell 1.1% in London.

Rio Tinto said Tuesday that Q3 copper production at its Oyu Tolgoi mine rose 27% from a year earlier and 29% in the first nine months of 2026.

Shares of Rio Tinto dropped 1.1% in London.

GSK is planning up to 1,217 job cuts in Belgium, according to a Google-translated version of a report by local newspaper L'Echo.

Shares of the British pharmaceutical company advanced 3.6% in London.

Equinor and its partners TotalEnergies and Petoro have made an oil and gas discovery at an exploration well near the Oseberg field off the southwestern coast of Norway.

Shares of Equinor rose 1.4% in Oslo, and TotalEnergies increased 0.3% in Paris.

The European Commission said it has resolved an antitrust investigation into Sanofi's (SNY) potential anticompetitive conduct in the enhanced flu vaccine market by making "legally binding" the commitments that the French pharmaceutical giant offered to the regulator.

Shares of Sanofi rose 1.5% in Paris.

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