E.ON shares higher on increased bid for Endesa
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Shares in E.ON, Germany's biggest power supplier, were higher on the Frankfurt stock exchange after the group announced at the weekend that it was raising its offer for Spanish electricity supplier Endesa.
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European equity markets were higher on Wednesday, lifted by rallying financial stocks and following gains in the US and Asia.
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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 equity markets ended higher on Tuesday, shrugging off early losses, as airline stocks were lifted by merger speculation, while industrial groups gained on earnings expectations.
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European equities moved higher on Friday, with financial stocks leading the advance as buyers returned after losses of more than 2 per cent over the last three session's.
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European stock markets have risen as investors reacted to a series of newspaper reports suggesting possible takeover deals.
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European equities were higher in morning trade on Tuesday, led by mobile telecoms groups and carmakers.
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European stocks edged up on Friday morning, led by Finnish paper giant Stora Enso and car markers after Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) raised its target prices across the sector.
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Shares in E.ON, Germany's largest power producer, shot up more than three percent on the announcement that Spanish rival Gas Natural was dropping out of the race to buy Spanish electricity company Endesa.
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European shares notched up a fresh five-month high on Thursday, helped by miners as base metal prices shot to multi-year peaks and by German utility giant E.ON  on news of an asset sale in Norway.
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Europe&#39;s main stock markets jumped higher thanks to takeover talk in the banking, travel and stock exchange sectors, dealers said Wednesday.
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European equity markets were lifted by a rebound in the financial sectors 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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Business & money: Shares jump more than 12% after embattled bank reveals takeover offers.
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European equities opened higher on Thursday as banking and insurance stocks benefited from some solid results, while rallying oil prices lifted the energy sector.
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European equities were higher on Friday, led by French power supplier EDF after a court criticised government energy tariff controls.
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German firm E.ON, the only bidder for Spain's Endesa, has raised its final offer after a lengthy takeover battle.
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Acciona, a Spanish builder, bought 10 percent of Endesa, the countryÂs biggest power company, for 3.4 billion euros ($4.3 billion), throwing a new twist into a takeover battle for Endesa. Acciona said it did not plan to make a takeover bid, but it did not rule out increasing its stake. The 10 percent share matches that of EndesaÂs largest shareholder, Caja Madrid. Endesa is the target of competing takeover bids from E.On of Germany and Gas Natural of Spain. The price Acciona paid for its stake, 32 euros a share, is 26 percent more than E.OnÂs bid, a factor that might force E.On to raise its bid or to withdraw because of the high price, analysts said.