European stocks rise near 3-week high as travel sector rallies
European stocks rose on Thursday, extending gains for the second straight day, near the 3-week high hit yesterday, thanks to continued positive performance by the traveling and entertainment sector as Covid-19 concerns started to fade in Europe.
The Stoxx Europe 600 index rose over 0.2% as of 11:35 GMT, after closing higher by 0.5% yesterday, and hit a 3-week high at 475.13 points.
The traveling and entertainment sector saw the largest gains in Europe today, with a jump of 1.1%, as fears of the spread of the delta variant eased.
S&P 500 futures rose 0.2% today, ahead of Wall Street's opening, after the index closed lower by less than 0.1% yesterday on profit-taking from its record of 4,537.36 points.
Back to Europe, the Euro Stoxx 50 index rose 0.1%, France's CAC 40 rose 0.3%, and Germany's DAX index rose 0.1%, while the UK's FTSE 100 rose 0.1%.
| Symbol | Last | Change | Chg.% | ||
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1.1734
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0.0020
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0.1682%
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1.3722
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0.0046
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0.3327%
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Tadawul
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11270.57
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-40.58
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0.36%
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22.718
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0.417
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1.872%
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73.478
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2.545
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3.588%
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77.50
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0.25
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0.32%
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1755.300
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-1.505
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0.086%
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