European shares advance
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Europe&#39;s main stock markets rallied in morning trading on Monday after Tokyo&#39;s main equity index hit a fresh seven-year high following a positive end to last week in the United States.
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European shares edged higher early on Thursday, with auto stocks leading the way after France's Renault posted a 4.2 percent rise in global sales last year.
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European shares edged higher at Monday&#39;s opening led by Germany&#39;s Bayer on news of an alliance with US healthcare giant Schering-Plough.
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European stock markets rose in early deals, boosted by a strong rally on Wall Street overnight, dealers said.
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European stocks rose Wednesday, shaking off declines on U.S. stock indexes the previous day, and investors on Wall Street drove up the Dow Jones industrial average by 100 points in the hunt for bargain stocks.
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Banks and insurers pushed European  shares higher on Wednesday, with Britain's HBOS spearheading  the gains on relief it would not be wading into a bidding war  for domestic banking peer Abbey.
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European shares closed higher for a  second day on Friday, helped by solid gains from technology  companies such as software maker SAP, though volatile oil  prices kept buying sentiment in check.
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Europe&#39;s main equity markets rose in initial trading on Thursday, with London&#39;s FTSE 100 index of leading shares gaining 0.35 percent to 6,590.20 points
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European stock markets edged higher in early deals, with trading volatile owing to key futures and options expiries in Europe and the United States, dealers said.
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Europe&#39;s main stock markets extended gains in morning trade on Thursday as Wall Street recovered strongly overnight after a recent slump.
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European stock markets move higher after sharp overnight falls in the Far East and the US amid interest rate worries.
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European shares moved higher on Monday, with DaimlerChrysler (NYSE:DCX) leading the carmakers after reports it was in talks with General Motors (NYSE:GM) and other potential suitors over the sale of its US Chrysler division.
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European equity markets were higher on Monday, buoyed by Friday&#39;s strong session on Wall Street and some snippets of bid activity.
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European stock markets climbed strongly after shaking off a mixed overnight showing on Wall Street, as banking stocks gave a pre-weekend boost to London share prices.
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European stock markets have climbed, lifted by takeover speculation surrounding the utilities and transport sectors, and following solid gains in Tokyo and by Wall Street overnight, dealers said.
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European stocks extended recent gains to 5&frac12;-year highs on Thursday, with miners and oil stocks in the vanguard of the advance as metals and crude prices rose on commodities exchanges.
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European stocks rose Wednesday, shaking off declines on U.S. stock indexes the previous day, as U.S. investors sought bargains.