European shares stable, London pauses after six-year high
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European stock markets have held firm in opening deals on Wednesday, with London investors pausing for breath after the capital's FTSE 100 index forged a six-year closing high the previous day.
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European stock markets were stable in early trading a day after rising sharply in tandem with Wall Street on relief at falling oil prices.
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European equity markets have steadied as the aerospace sector drew investors' attention, following another overnight record for Wall Street's Dow Jones index.
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The Bank of England&#39;s rate rise on Thursday - a quarter of a percentage point to a six-year high of 5.75 per cent - may have been predictable, but it will give consumers pause for thought. The European Central Bank meanwhile kept rates steady at 4 per cent, but signalled that markets can expect a rise later this year. Despite some doubts over the future direction of UK and European inflation, the decisions were correct, albeit a month too late in the case of the BoE.
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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 equity markets were stronger on Friday, extending six year highs, as retailers and utilities jumped on merger and acquisition activity.
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European equities retreated from 6.5-year highs on Thursday but shares in OMX, the Stockholm-based exchange, were suspended as speculation mounted that it was about to be taken over.
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The Bank of England held its benchmark interest rate steady at a six-year high of 5.5 percent after reports that price inflation is slowing in the services and housing sectors. The bank raised rates last month after three other rises since August apparently failed to cool inflationary pressures and a buoyant housing market. Even after the European Central Bank raised rates Wednesday by a quarter-point, to 4 percent, Britainâs rates remain the highest among the worldâs seven wealthiest nations. Most economists expect a rise of a quarter of a percentage point next month in British rates. as the Bank of England tries to bring consumer price index inflation back to its 2 percent target from its current level of 2.8 percent.
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Europe's main stock markets steadied in opening trade Monday, recovering from heavy losses ahead of the weekend on worries about a potential US recession which have also rattled Asian and US equities.
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European shares held steady just below  2-1/2 year highs on Thursday with dealers reluctant to make any  big bets on the last full day of trading before the Christmas  holiday season.
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Talks between the London Stock Exchange  and the heads of two European bourses are set to resume next week.
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Europe&#39;s main stock markets held steady at the half-way stage on Monday, amid news of a 14-billion-dollar takeover bid for British chemicals group Imperial Chemical Industries.
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European equity markets rose to fresh six-year highs on Tuesday, with Italy's Capitalia leading banks higher after Spain's Santander was reported to be poised to raise its stake to around 5 per cent.
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European financial markets stabilized yesterday after the U.S. interest-rate cut, as political leaders sought to calm sell-off fears by assuring Europeans that economic problems were in the United States, not their countries.
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European stocks hit fresh six-and-a-half-year highs on Friday as takeover speculation offset any caution ahead of non-farm payrolls from the US later in the session.
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Most European equity markets returning from the long holiday weekend had a steady session Tuesday, supported by merger activity.
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European stocks have nudged upwards in morning trading, with London's FTSE index of 100 leading shares climbing 0.10 percent to 6,128.30 points.