European shares recover from three-week lows on financials, industrials boost

European shares bounced back from three-week lows on Friday with a boost from financial and industrial stocks, while the healthcare sector recouped early losses following U.S. President Donald Trump's latest tariff salvo on pharmaceutical firms.

The pan-European STOXX 600, rose 0.3% to 551.8 points by 0851 GMT, although still on track to record a second successive weekly decline.

Germany's Munich Re and France's SCOR led gains in European insurer stocks, which jumped 1.3% after a three-day losing streak when it declined 0.5%.