Banks drive European stocks higher
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European stock markets made gains on Monday, led by advances in the banking sector.
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European equity markets crept higher on Monday, lifted by the strong finish in the US on Friday and a robust start to the week in Asia.
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European equities edged higher on Wednesday, with banks leading the advance after investors welcomed forecast-beating results from Anglo Irish Bank and an upbeat trading statement from Royal Bank of Scotland.
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London equities made strong gains on Monday, with banking stocks at the forefront of the rally at the start of a busy week for newsflow in the sector.
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European equity markets were higher on Monday, buoyed by Friday&#39;s strong session on Wall Street and some snippets of bid activity.
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European stock markets have risen after they were supported by the commodity and airline sectors, a day after surging in response to healthy US growth data.
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European stock markets moved higher on Thursday, following bumper gains earlier in Tokyo, as investors regained confidence after a recent slump in global equities.
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European stocks rose Monday on speculation about a new investment in the banking sector. Asian markets were mixed, and United States markets were closed.
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European equity markets surged higher on Thursday in their best day since the bull market began in March 2003 as stocks shook off news of a EU4.9bn fraud at French bank Soci&eacute;t&eacute; G&eacute;n&eacute;rale.
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European stock markets made steady gains on Monday, led by advances in the banking and automotive sectors.
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European equities hit new 5&frac12;-year highs on Thursday in a broad advance led by heavyweight banking, oil and mining stocks.
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European equity markets traded cautiously higher on Friday, but banks struggled in the wake of further unsettling writedowns related to the credit squeeze.
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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 Wednesday, shaking off declines on U.S. stock indexes the previous day, and investors on Wall Street drove up the Dow Jones industrial average by 100 points in the hunt for bargain stocks.
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Utilities and technology stocks drove European equity markets higher on Thursday, as cash returns helped lift the appeal of both sectors.
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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 stock markets climbed in early trading on a pre-Thanksgiving holiday rally by Wall Street.