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BESI falls on worries potential delay to hybrid bonding

adoption

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HelloFresh shocks again with earnings outlook, shares tank

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Grifols jumps after auditor's 2023 results opinion

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Some ECB policymakers float back-to-back June, July cuts

(Updated at 1700 GMT)

By Ankika Biswas and Khushi Singh

March 8 (Reuters) -

Europe's main stock indices were flat on Friday, but notched

strong gains over the week that saw record highs from German and

French shares, while investors also analysed a U.S. jobs report

for clues on the global monetary policy outlook.

The pan-European STOXX 600 closed flat, notching an

all-time high and its seventh straight weekly advance.

France's benchmark CAC 40 hit a record high on

Friday, while Germany's DAX touched an all-time high in

the previous session.

Real estate climbed 2.1%, leading sectoral

gains. Technology lost 1.6% after BE Semiconductor

slumped 16.1% on a media report that Joint Electron

Device Engineering Council lowered certain chip standards which

might delay investments into hybrid bonding technology.

On the data front,

U.S. job growth

accelerated in February, but downward revisions to

employment gains in the prior two months and an increase in the

unemployment rate suggested a slowing labour market.

"It's one of those numbers that depend on whether you

are a bull or a bear, and for the market it has been a

relatively positive one as the data doesn't suggest that the

U.S. economy is falling off a cliff," Barclays Private Bank

chief market strategist Julien Lafargue said.

Back home, data showed higher-than-expected German

January industrial output, raising hopes the economy is finally

bottoming out after a lengthy manufacturing recession, while the

largest economy in Europe saw January producer prices fall less

than expected.

On the policy front,

Reuters reported

European Central Bank policymakers overwhelmingly back June

for a first rate cut and some have informally floated the idea

of a further move in July.

Providing some relief were German, French, Finnish and

Lithuanian central bank governors

talking up

chances of the ECB lowering rates, firming up a

hint dropped

by President Christine Lagarde on Thursday.

"We need to understand what may drive a rate cut -- if

European growth is holding up and inflation is coming down or

because the economy is slowing more rapidly than anticipated,"

Lafargue said.

Among other movers, the financial services index

climbed 1.1%, buoyed by a 4% jump in UBS. Morgan

Stanley upgraded the largest Swiss bank to "overweight" from

"equal-weight", while a report showed UBS will close 85 Swiss

branches of its combined operations with Credit Suisse by 2025.

Spanish drugmaker Grifols soared 19.7% after

auditor KPMG approved its 2023 results with an unqualified

opinion, while French liquid products distributor Rubis

climbed 7.2% following better-than-expected annual

results.

German meal-kit maker HelloFresh tanked 42.1%

after 2024 core earnings forecast missed expectations

significantly.

(Reporting by Khushi Singh and Ankika Biswas in Bengaluru;

Editing by Sonia Cheema, Anil D'Silva and Chris Reese)