(For a Reuters live blog on U.S., UK and European stock markets, click LIVE/ or type LIVE/ in a news window) July 1 (Reuters) - European shares rose on Thursday as investors focused on signs of a steady economic recovery, shaking off growing concerns around a jump in inflation as well as the global spread of the Delta variant of the coronavirus. The pan-European STOXX 600 was up 0.6% after ending Wednesday with its fifth straight quarter of gains. Germany’s DAX also jumped 0.6% as data showed retail sales in Europe’s biggest economy rebounded in May. (Reporting by Sagarika Jaisinghani in Bengaluru and Julien Ponthus in London; Editing by Shounak Dasgupta) Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.