European shares advance before weekend
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Europe&#39;s main stock markets rose on Friday, driven higher by the automaking sector despite overnight losses on Wall Street.
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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 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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European equity markets moved higher by mid-morning on Wednesday, staging a modest recovery after five consecutive days of trading losses.
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European equity markets were higher on Monday as investors looked at the possibility of lower US interest rates when the Federal Reserve meets later in the week.
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The euro edged higher in European morning trade on Friday as Germanyâs influential IFO survey beat expectations. The index of business sentiment rose to 96.2 in December, the highest
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European shares rose to within a whisker  of fresh 2-1/2 year highs Monday amid relief that the Iraq  elections passed without a major hitch, which also helped to  push crude oil prices sharply lower.
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European equity markets pushed higher on Monday, following the lead of Wall Street futures, as defensive drugs and oil groups supported the main indices.
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European stocks rose Monday as the euro retreated from record highs against the dollar and merger speculation and cost-cutting agendas among Europe's largest companies drew attention.
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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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1015 GMT (Dow Jones) LONDON--European stocks higher driven by gains for oils and mining stocks. Trader says expiration of derivatives contracts or &quot;triple witching&quot; not having major impact.
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European shares edge higher in Monday morning trading, as investors shrug off Friday's sharp falls on Wall Street.
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European equities were expected to open higher on Thursday after Wall Street put in a strong overnight performance as oil prices dropped back on easing global supply fears.
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European stocks looked set for a fractionally higher open on Friday, and with both Germany's Dax and London's FSTE 100 within sight of 6,000, the last trading day of the third quarter was expected to be a cautious one.
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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 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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Europe&#39;s main stock markets rose on Friday as earlier gains in Tokyo offset a subdued overnight performance in New York, dealers said.