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European stocks diverge at open

Published May 29, 2015 Updated May 29, 2015 08:18am

LONDON: Europe's stock markets diverged in opening trade on Friday, with London's benchmark FTSE 100 index up 0.11 percent at 7,048.62 points.

Elsewhere, Frankfurt's DAX 30 gained 0.07 percent to 11,685.66 points, while the CAC 40 in Paris shed 0.11 percent to 5,132.08 compared with the closing levels on Thursday.

Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2015