Mergers buoy Europe's bourses
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A further wave of takeover stories and oil slipping below $60 a barrel buoyed Europe's bourses on Monday morning.
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European stock markets rebounded on Thursday following an overnight rally on Wall Street.
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European stocks gained, paced by banks. HBOS Plc and Deutsche Bank AG rose. The Dow Jones Stoxx 50 Index rose 0.3 percent to 2694.
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European stock markets rose in early deals, helped by some well-received company news, a late surge on Wall Street and positive broker comment, dealers said.
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European stock markets rose strongly in early deals after US and Asian shares saw sharp gains in the wake of plunging oil prices.
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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 markets surged Thursday as a stunning comeback on Wall Street a day earlier heartened investors worried over the outlook for the U.S. economy.
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Heavily-weighted resource stocks, financials and pharmaceuticals led a powerful rally for European equity markets yesterday.
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Euronext  and NYSE  won endorsement for their $14 billion merger from European regulators on Tuesday, removing a major hurdle for the first transatlantic stock exchange.
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European equities traded in positive territory on Thursday, just, as M&amp;A activity continued to enthrall the market.
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European stock markets got off to a flying start as investors cheered a plunge in crude oil prices and fresh post-election gains on Wall Street.
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European equities hit new 5&frac12;-year highs on Thursday in a broad advance led by heavyweight banking, oil and mining stocks.
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Europe's major stock indices have climbed after Wall Street had rebounded overnight, and on takeover news which included a multi-billion-dollar buy-out of Australian airline Qantas.
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A fresh burst of merger and acquisition activity gave an early boost to European stocks on Monday but gains evaporated as worries about US subprime lenders came to the fore.
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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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As a battle to merge the London Stock Exchange heats up, attention is focusing again on a hotly debated issue: How many stock exchanges does Europe really need?
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The stock market surged during abbreviated trading last week, propelled by the wave of mergers and acquisitions that has buoyed it for months.