ABN AMRO Leads European Shares Higher
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European shares opened firmer on Thursday led by ABN AMRO as investors applauded the savings the Dutch broker will make from cutting jobs.
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LONDON/BEIJING  - British bank Barclays raised its bid for Dutch group ABN AMRO to 67.5 billion euros ($93 billion) on Monday, helped by some of the biggest ever overseas investments by China and Singapore.
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European shares edged higher early on  Thursday, with auto stocks leading the way after France's  Renault posted a 4.2 percent rise in global sales last year.
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European equities inched cautiously higher on Friday as bid talk lifted the banking sector and airlines got a boost after Ryanair made a surprise offer for newly-listed Aer Lingus.
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European shares edged higher at Monday&#39;s opening led by Germany&#39;s Bayer on news of an alliance with US healthcare giant Schering-Plough.
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Europe&#39;s main stock markets climbed higher on Friday as the oil sector was energised by soaring crude prices, dealers said.
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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 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 stock markets edged higher in early deals in volatile trade ahead of key futures and options expiries in Europe and the United States, dealers said.
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Europe&#39;s main stock markets rose Thursday with the automaking sector in the driving seat after healthy gains to share prices overnight in New York and earlier in Asia.
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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 equities were modestly higher on Wednesday as banks rallied on some strong numbers, offsetting profit taking in the auto sector.
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ABN Amro Holdings, the Dutch bank, posted a 4.6 percent increase in fourth-quarter earnings on higher interest income, asset disposals and higher fees and commissions. Net profit was 1.36 billion euros ($1.76 billion), up from 1.30 billion euros a year earlier. ABN predicted earnings per share in 2007 of at least 2.30 euros ($2.98), apart from any asset sales, which would be a step back from the 2.50 euros ($3.24) it earned in 2006, but above the 2.02 euros per share it earned in 2006 excluding certain items. The 2007 growth is âto be achieved mainly by improving our operating performance,â the chairman, Rijkman W. J. Groenink, said in a statement. He said the company expected to grow in Asia, Brazil and Italy. Operational improvement in mature markets like the Netherlands and in the United States, where ABN Amro operates LaSalle Bank in the Midwest, would come from cost-cutting.
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European stocks were higher on Wednesday, mirroring gains on Wall Street and in Asia, with further takeover activity in the Spanish utilities sector enlivening the session.
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Dutch bank ABN Amro today reported a 26% rise in net profit for the third quarter to â¬1.05 billion, mainly due to the exceptional gain from the sale of Bank of Asia but the operational results dropped slightly.
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European stocks moved into positive territory on Wednesday afternoon after better-than-expected retail sales figures in the US lifted sentiment across the Atlantic.
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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.