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European stocks mostly push higher before Fed outcome
Imaduddin
19 Mar, 2014
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![](https://i.brecorder.com/images/2014/03/european-stock.jpg">LONDON: European stock markets traded mostly higher on Wednesday, awaiting the outcome of the Fed's policy meeting, while investors kept a close watch on the Ukraine crisis.</P><P>But London's benchmark FTSE 100 index slid 0.19 percent to 6,593.00 points in afternoon trading despite upbeat British unemployment data and the government revising up its 2014 growth forecast to 2.7 percent when it presented its latest budget.</P><P>The CAC 40 in Paris edged up 0.04 percent compared with Tuesday's closing values to 4,314.83 points, while Frankfurt's DAX 30 rose 0.50 percent to 9,288.47.</P><P>Madrid's IBEX 35 index gained 0.50 percent while Milan shed 0.17 percent.</P><P>)