Europe Luxury Stocks Slide After Richemont Chairman Says Inflation Is Denting Demand
- Richemont chairman’s comments add to luxury-goods uncertainty
- HSBC lowers estimates and price targets for most of the sector
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Luxury-goods stocks slumped in Europe, wiping out more than $25 billion in market value, after Richemont Chairman Johann Rupert said inflation is starting to dent demand across the region.
Behemoth LVMH, recently dethroned by drugmaker Novo Nordisk A/S as Europe’s largest company, fell 3.6% to its lowest since early January. That reduced its market capitalization below $400 billion, far from a peak of more than $500 billion reached earlier this year.