A long and winding road to recovery for European stocks: Reuters poll

The recovery from the coronavirus financial crash will take time for European stocks which are expected to end 2021 around 10% below this February's record high, a Reuters poll of about 30 fund managers, strategists and brokers showed. Taken over the past two weeks the survey showed the pan-European STOXX 600 <.STOXX> would reach 347 points, 368 points and 390 points by end-2020, mid-2021 and at the end of 2021 respectively. The index hit a record high of 433.9 points on Feb. 19 but the coronavirus pandemic and lockdowns imposed across the world to limit its spread triggered a global sell-off in anticipation of recessions caused by entire countries closing down.