European stocks rise near records, head for weekly gain
European stocks rose on Friday, resuming gains after taking a pause yesterday due to profit-taking, to rise once again near an all-time high, to head for the seventh straight weekly gain thanks to the release of upbeat Q3 earnings.
The Stoxx Europe 600 index rose 0.4% as of 08:59 GMT, after closing lower by 0.5% yesterday on profit-taking from its all-time high of 490.58 points.
The mining sector saw the largest gains in Europe today, with a rise of more than 1.5%, as most of the sector's companies recovered.
The Stoxx Europe index gained 0.6% so far this week, to head for the seventh weekly gain in a row, thanks to successive upbeat Q3 earnings.
S&P 500 futures rose 0.3% today ahead of Wall Street's opening, after the index closed 0.3% higher yesterday, thanks to improved investors' sentiment.
Back to Europe, the Euro Stoxx 50 index rose 0.3%, France's CAC 40 rose 0.5%, and Germany's DAX index rose 0.25%, while the UK's FTSE 100 rose 0.4%.
| Symbol | Last | Change | Chg.% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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1.1310
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0.0040
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0.3554%
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1.3323
|
0.0014
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0.1014%
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Tadawul
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10810.60
|
-60.02
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0.55%
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22.926
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-0.119
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0.516%
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69.555
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-2.846
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3.931%
|
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73.85
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0.41
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0.56%
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1790.570
|
5.480
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0.307%
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