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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European equities moved higher on Friday, with financial stocks leading the advance as buyers returned after losses of more than 2 per cent over the last three session's.
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British bank Barclays has raised its offer for ABN AMRO to 67.5 billion euros ($93 billion) and included some cash, helped by major investment from state authorities in China and Singapore.
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The euro edged higher in European morning trade on Friday as Germanyâs influential IFO survey beat expectations. The index of business sentiment rose to 96.2 in December, the highest
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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 equity markets ticked higher on Tuesday as retailers took some of the sting out of losses for oil stocks.
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European stocks edged higher on Wednesday thanks to a strong performance on Wall Street overnight, but gains were capped after a mixed session in Asia.
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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 moved higher on Monday, with DaimlerChrysler (NYSE:DCX) leading the carmakers after reports it was in talks with General Motors (NYSE:GM) and other potential suitors over the sale of its US Chrysler division.
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European stock markets move higher after sharp overnight falls in the Far East and the US amid interest rate worries.
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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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Europe&#39;s main stock markets advanced Friday, extending gains after Wall Street powered higher overnight.
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European shares surged to new 5-1/2 year  highs early on Wednesday as an overnight surge in oil prices  lifted heavily-weighted energy shares, helping offset fears of  an earnings slowdown at Credit Agricole .
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European equities were a higher on Wednesday as bank stocks were moved by merger talk, while the broader market took the lead from Wall Street where the Dow Jones Industrial Average hit an all-time high.
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European stocks rose on Monday, buoyed  by M&A activity, while the euro rose against the dollar and  boosted European government bond prices as investors focused on  the U.S. current account deficit.
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Shares in Dutch investment bank ABN Amro surged on the Amsterdam stock exchange on Wednesday as investors reacted to a proposal to break up the group.
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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.