06:45 AM EST, 11/19/2025 (MT Newswires) -- European bourses tracked modestly higher midday Wednesday after another tech-sector sell-off Tuesday, as traders looked forward to the pending Q3 earnings report from AI-darling Nvidia (NVDA).

The chipmaker giant Nvidia, a tech-sector bellwether, is slated to report financial results after-bell in New York. Nvidia shares traded up 0.9% pre-bell on Wall Street.

Elsewhere on continental trading floors, oil stocks gained while property shares lagged.

Investors also eyed Wall Street futures moderately in the green, and choppy closes overnight on Asian exchanges.

In economic news, the eurozone consumer price index (CPI) rose 2.1% on year in October, while the broader European Union's CPI rose 2.5% in the same time frame, reported Eurostat.

The pan-continental Stoxx Europe 600 Index was up 0.1% mid-session.

The Stoxx Europe 600 Technology Index was down 0.2%, and the Stoxx 600 Banks Index lost 0.3%.

The Stoxx Europe 600 Oil and Gas Index rose 0.9%, while the Stoxx 600 Europe Food and Beverage Index inclined 0.3%.

The REITE, a European REIT index, fell 1%, while the Stoxx Europe 600 Retail Index was up 0.4%.

On the national market indexes, Germany's DAX was higher by 0.1%, and the FTSE 100 in London gained 0.1%. The CAC 40 in Paris slipped 0.1%, and Spain's IBEX 35 lifted 0.3%.

Yields on benchmark 10-year German bonds were steady, near 2.71%.

Front-month North Sea Brent crude-oil futures were down 0.9% at $64.28 a barrel.

The Euro Stoxx 50 volatility index was down 0.5% at 22.61, still indicating above-average volatility for European stock markets in the next 30 days, a negative signal. A reading above 20 indicates choppier markets ahead, while below 20 suggests calmer exchanges.