LIVE MARKETS-History lessons: crises can be buying opportunities

Welcome to the home for real-time coverage of European equity markets brought to you by Reuters stocks reporters and anchored today by Thyagaraju Adinarayan. Reach him on Messenger to share your thoughts on market moves: thyagaraju.adinarayan.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net HISTORY LESSONS: CRISES CAN BE BUYING OPPORTUNITIES (0926 GMT) Stocks may be in a precarious state today and more downside looks still likely, but the idea that this new China virus crisis could turn out to be a buying opportunity is bouncing around in more than one broker note. Only yesterday when the Coronavirus scare was wiping $840 billion from global equity markets, Exane suggested it could be a good time to buy into luxury stocks, for example. Today Deutsche Bank says something similar on airlines. "Near term the market will understandably remain concerned about what impact the coronavirus will have on passenger numbers and its ability to distort global travel patterns as the virus spreads beyond China," they say. "However, in the medium term, history tells us that there is scope for relatively quick share price recovery back to pre-crisis levels for the European network airlines," they add. During the cases of Ebola and H1N1, the network carriers recovered back to pre-crisis levels over an 18-21 day period after trough levels, they noted. Crucially, investors will now need to spot when Peak Coronavirus happens and that's all but easy. (Danilo Masoni) **** LAST MEOW? It took just a little more than an hour for the technical rebound to morph into a dead cat bounce with the STOXX 600 turning flat. There was very little conviction this morning that European bourses would be able to stay in positive territory given the gloom over global markets. "Arguably somewhat arbitrarily, especially given the Asian losses overnight, the European markets tried to rebound at the start of the session", wrote Connor Campbell at Spreadex. As this blog post was being written, the STOXX 600 is now just slightly back in the black, but again, the trend seems very fragile. Here's the session so far: (Julien Ponthus) ***** CORONAVIRUS: $834 BILLION WIPED OUT IN ONE DAY! (0903 GMT) As the death toll from Coronavirus surges to 106, here's a chart showing the damage to global stock markets yesterday: (Thyagaraju Adinarayan) ***** OPENING SNAPSHOT: A DEAD CAT BOUNCE? (0840 GMT) European stocks opened slightly higher after yesterday's sell-off that saw about $200 billion wiped off companies' market value as anxious investors struggle to quantify the economic damage from China's fast-spreading deadly virus. There's little conviction though on the market and this feels very much like a technical rebound or a dead cat bounce. Anyhow, among today's fallers, SAP is sliding 1.5% after analysts point to slowing cloud revenue growth and Spain's Bankia is down 2% after its surprise Q4 loss, according to a trader. Edenred (+5%) is the top gainer on the STOXX 600 after broker Oddo upgraded it to "buy". Swedbank is rallying 4% on Q4 profit beat. Here's your opening snapshot: (Thyagaraju Adinarayan) ***** ON OUR RADAR: SAP, TULLOW, LUXURY STOCKS (0752 GMT) Stock futures point to tentative gains with bourses attempting to bounce back from Monday's swoon as investors reassess concerns over the economic damage from the deadly China virus. With the death toll from Coronavirus crossing 100, focus will still remain in key China-exposed stocks in the luxury goods and mining sectors. Luxury stocks Swatch and Richemont could see some relief after December Swiss watch exports data showed 5.8% year-on-year growth. Apple component suppliers STMicro, Dialog, AMS, among others in the spotlight after a Nikkei report that Coronavirus outbreak may disrupt iPhone production ramp up plans. In the UK, Tullow Oil is seen up 3% to 5% after the company's top shareholder raises stake to 9.7% from 7.1%. In earnings, SAP's shares are seen falling 2%-3% in early trade after the German software provider's in-line fail to impress investors. Philips is seen down 3% by traders after Dutch health tech company reported Q4 comparable sales below estimates. Other movers: Prysmian seen down as regulator Ofgem to open investigation into Western Link cable; Airbus seen up 1% agrees to settle corruption probes; SSAB seen down 3% after Q4 earnins miss Headlines to digest: SAP's new leadership duo delivers in-line results, lifts guidance Airbus agrees to settle corruption probes with France, Britain, U.S. Philips to sell domestic appliances business Renault board meeting Tuesday to seal De Meo's CEO nomination -report (Thyagaraju Adinarayan) ***** MORNING CALL: BOUNCE OFF MONDAY'S SWOON (0634 GMT) European stocks are seen attempting a slight bounce back after yesterday's sharp sell-off as investors continue to assess the extent of the economic damage stemming from the fast-spreading deadly China virus. Financial spreadbetters IG expect London's FTSE to open flat at 7,412, Frankfurt's DAX to open 27 points higher at 13,204 and Paris' CAC to open 12 points higher at 5,836. "With coronavirus worries on the rise, the market continues to struggle with the unenviable task of factoring in absolute terms its implied economic devastation," says Stephen Innes, chief market strategist at AxiCorp. "Given that China has rapidly increased its role in the global supply chains, the market continues to price in the worst case, negative growth shock scenarios." Meanwhile, it's a busy earnings day in Europe with SAP, LVMH, Swedbank , among others reporting results today. (Thyagaraju Adinarayan) ***** (Reporting by Danilo Masoni, Joice Alves, Julien Ponthus and Thyagaraju Adinarayan)