LONDON: Europe’s stock markets rallied Friday as dealers took their cue from Wall Street’s positive lead and upbeat UK economic growth data.
London’s benchmark FTSE 100 index of leading blue-chip companies added 0.8 percent to 7,988.87 points, boosted partly by news of UK economic growth in February.
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In the eurozone, the Paris CAC 40 index rose almost 1.0 percent to 8,101.43 points and DAX in Frankfurt jumped 0.9 percent to 18,123.32.
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