European stocks rise after Airbus jumps over 6%
European stocks rose on Thursday, after taking a pause yesterday, rising near all-time highs thanks to improved market sentiment and signs of the eurozone economy's recovery from the pandemic, led by the travel sector after Airbus' shares jumped more than 6%.
The Stoxx Europe 600 index rose 0.2% as of 11:12 GMT, after closing lower by 0.1% yesterday on profit-taking for its all-time high of 447.2 points.
The traveling sector saw the largest gains in Europe today, with a jump of more than 1.5%, thanks to easing Covid lockdown restrictions.
Airbus' shares jumped more than 6%, after the company announced ambitious production plans, with a target of 64 A320 planes per month by the second quarter of 2023.
S&P 500 futures fell 0.2%, after closing higher by 0.2% yesterday at Wall Street amid anticipation of cues on the future of the US monetary policy.
Back to Europe, the Euro Stoxx 50 index rose 0.1%, France's CAC 40 rose 0.6%, and the UK's FTSE 100 rose 0.1%, while Germany's DAX index fell 0.3%.
| Symbol | Last | Change | Chg.% | ||
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1.1930
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0.0028
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0.2332%
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1.3919
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0.0025
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0.1814%
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Tadawul
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10919.68
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6.62
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0.06%
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25.949
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-0.040
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0.152%
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73.265
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1.439
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2.003%
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75.56
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0.32
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0.43%
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1775.395
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-2.995
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0.168%
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