European Stocks Gain, Paced by Deutsche Telekom, BT, Ericsson
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European benchmarks advanced, paced by telecommunications shares after Deutsche Telekom AG raised its full-year profit forecast and announced the first dividend in three years.
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European stock markets made early gains on Monday, led by advances in the banking sector.
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European equities advanced on Monday, supported by a recovery in drug heavyweights and a rise in Finnish mobile handset giant Nokia, but volumes were light before the Christmas holidays.
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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.
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LONDON: European stocks posted firm gains yesterday as takeover speculation provided a boost to sentiment and drug makers rebounded from last week&#39;s heavy falls.
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European equity markets moved to fresh five-and-a-half-year highs on Wednesday as oil stocks rallied, while techs were led by Nokia after research showed it had extended its market share in the third quarter.
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European equity markets bounced on Tuesday led higher by pharmaceutical companies and telecoms stocks as investors continued to favour defensive sectors.
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European equities advanced on Monday,  supported by a recovery in drug heavyweights and a rise in  Finnish mobile handset giant Nokia, but volumes were light  before the Christmas holidays.
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European equities swung higher on Tuesday after traders latched on to positive news from Germany and the US, giving battered cyclical stocks a lift.
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European shares nosed up on Wednesday as  Ericsson gained on news it had won part of $4-billion Cingular  deal and with Glaxo buoyed after Pfizer affirmed its outlook.
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European equities moved higher on Tuesday, as recent losses for financial stocks triggered some technical buying, while oil companies and utilities provided defensive back-up.
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European shares shrugged off a spike in  the euro to a fresh all-time high Wednesday, with telecoms  again leading the way higher after interim profits at Britain's  mm02 beat expectations.
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European stock markets rose in early afternoon dealing amid a surprise sharp increase in Germany's investor confidence and a string of solid results, analysts said.
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European stocks touched two-month highs on Monday as tech shares rallied after STMicroelectronics   stuck to its full year forecast while government bond yields firmed on continued speculation about interest rate increases.
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European shares flirted with fresh 2-1/2  year highs early on Wednesday, tracking an overnight rally in  U.S. blue chips, as tech issues rose after a broker upgrade of  Intel and takeover talk boosted retailer Kingfisher.
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Europe&#39;s main stock markets advanced Friday, extending gains after Wall Street powered higher overnight.
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Basic producers helped European shares turn positive on Friday, but telecoms firm Cable & Wireless bucked the firmer trend after unveiling a hefty investment and volatile oil prices kept investors cautious.