European stock markets firm amid ABN Amro takeover battle
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Most European stock markets gained ground on Tuesday as investors focused on the takeover battle for ABN Amro, with many traders also playing catch-up following a three-day holiday weekend.
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Europe's major stock indices have climbed after Wall Street had rebounded overnight, and on takeover news which included a multi-billion-dollar buy-out of Australian airline Qantas.
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Dutch bank ABN Amro, at the centre of the biggest takeover in the banking industry, on Sunday confirmed its neutral stance on the rival bids of British bank Barclays and the three-bank consortium led by Royal Bank of Scotland.
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A European consortium led by Royal Bank of Scotland bid almost 100 billion dollars for Dutch banking group ABN Amro on Tuesday, casting doubt over ABN&#39;s agreed tie-up with British rival Barclays.
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A Royal Bank of Scotland-led consortium will most likely buy ABN AMRO as Barclays' rival offer for the Dutch bank has little chance of matching the consortium's bid financially, ABN's chief executive told Dutch TV on Sunday.
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Barclays Bank wins the backing of most of its investors to go ahead with its takeover of Dutch rival ABN Amro.
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European equity markets have taken off as investors seized on Ryanair's audacious takeover bid for Aer Lingus and following another record showing on Wall Street overnight.
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Business & money: Stakes raised in battle for control of ABN Amro as Royal Bank of Scotland-led consortium trumps Barclays' offer for Dutch bank.
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LONDON/AMSTERDAM  - A consortium led by Royal Bank of Scotland on Monday kept its offer to buy Dutch bank ABM AMRO at 71.1 billion euros ($97.9 billion) but raised the amount of cash it is offering after having to exclude ABN's U.S. arm from the purchase.
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European shares made tentative gains Monday in spite of concerns that equities had become overvalued.
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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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Europe&#39;s main equity markets were mixed in cautious trade on Monday as dealers looked to interest rate decisions due later this week from the European Central Bank and the Bank of England.
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Dutch bank ABN AMRO  can proceed with its $21 billion sale of U.S. subsidiary LaSalle, the Dutch Supreme Court said on Friday, boosting the prospect Barclays  will succeed in its record takeover of ABN.
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ABN AMRO  stuck to its  neutral stance on Sunday on competing takeover bids for the  Dutch bank, saying it could not support a break-up under the  financially superior RBS-led  consortium&#39;s bid.
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A trio of banks led by Royal Bank of Scotland  will likely make a formal takeover offer for Dutch bank ABN AMRO  on Tuesday, sources familiar with the matter said on Friday.
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A consortium led by Royal Bank  of Scotland  has launched a 71.1 billion euro ($95.9  billion) bid for Dutch group ABN AMRO, trumping Britain&#39;s  Barclays in a battle for the world&#39;s biggest bank takeover.
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A European banking consortium led by Royal Bank of Scotland on Monday ramped up the cash part of its 71.1-billion-euro bid for Dutch group ABN Amro in an attempt to beat a rival offer from Barclays.