The blue-chip DAX 30 index opened at 5,607.51 points, a gain of 99.27 points or 1.8 percent from the closing level of Thursday.

EU finance ministers were meeting in Wroclaw, Poland, Friday for talks on a new rescue package for debt-wracked Greece that was agreed by eurozone leaders in July but has yet to be implemented.

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