Europe at 6-year highs as banks rally
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Heavily-weighted resource stocks, financials and pharmaceuticals led a powerful rally for European equity markets on Thursday.
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The European Central Bank is expected to raise rates to 4% after its latest meeting - the highest level for six years.
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European stock markets hit fresh  29-month highs on Tuesday, tracking gains in New York and after  HBOS said it will beat forecasts as well as buy back shares.
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European stock markets have shot higher, with London's FTSE 100 index striking a fresh six-year pinnacle, aided by record earnings from Anglo-Australian miner BHP Billiton.
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Banks and insurers pushed European shares higher on Wednesday, with Britain&#39;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 repurchase market volumes jumped a record-breaking 270 per cent this month as fears of a liquidity crunch drove banks to turn to the relative safety of the secured money markets.
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European equities were modestly higher on Wednesday as banks rallied on some strong numbers, offsetting profit taking in the auto sector.
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HSBC Holdings  on Monday said its 2006 profits rose 5 percent, short of analysts' expectations, as Europe's biggest bank took a $10.6 billion hit for bad debts after problems in its U.S. mortgage lending.
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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 shares surged to new 5-1/2 year highs early on Wednesday as an overnight surge in oil prices lifted heavily-weighted energy shares, helping offset fears of an earnings slowdown at Credit Agricole .
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European equities edged higher on Wednesday, with banks leading the advance after investors welcomed forecast-beating results from Anglo Irish Bank and an upbeat trading statement from Royal Bank of Scotland.
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Europe's year-end rally gathered momentum this week with bid speculation in the banking and retail sectors helping equities reach a fresh 5&frac12;-year high on Friday.
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European shares surged to new 5-1/2 year  highs early on Wednesday as an overnight surge in oil prices  lifted heavily-weighted energy shares, helping offset fears of  an earnings slowdown at Credit Agricole .
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Europe&#39;s equity markets rallied on Friday, with Frankfurt&#39;s DAX 30 index of top shares hitting a historic record above 8,150 points after Wall Street soared overnight, dealers said.
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European stocks jumped to fresh 6-month highs on Friday, buoyed by lower oil prices and a strong rally on Wall Street, but the dollar hung close to record lows against the euro ahead of key U.S. jobs data.
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European shares stormed toward 2 1/2-year highs Monday as relief that the Iraq elections went better than expected helped to ease investor jitters, pressuring oil, gold and bonds and lifting the dollar.
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European equities were a higher on Wednesday as bank stocks were moved by merger talk, while the broader market took the lead from Wall Street where the Dow Jones Industrial Average hit an all-time high.