Business Recorder
Mar 29, 2025
PRINT EDITION ►
BR MARKETS ►
Dollar to PKR ►
Home
Latest
BR Research
Markets
Ad
☰
✕
Home
Latest
BR Research
Markets
Business & Finance
World
Editorials
Opinion
MENA
Technology
Life & Style
Sports
Perspectives
Pakistan
Supplements
Print
Close the sidebar
European stocks push higher on positive data
Muhammad Iqbal
28 Mar, 2014
Facebook
Twitter
Whatsapp
Facebook
Twitter
Whatsapp
Read Comments
![](https://i.brecorder.com/images/2014/03/dip.jpg">LONDON: Europe's main stock markets finished the trading week on a high, closing significantly higher Friday on data showing eurozone consumers in bullish mood and comments from China's prime minister on stimulus.</P><P>London's benchmark FTSE 100 index shrugged off weaker-than-expected British growth data to close up 0.41 percent to 6,615.58 points.</P><P>In Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.74 percent to 4,411.26 points, while the DAX 30 in Frankfurt was up 1.44 percent to finish at 9,587.19 points.</P><P>Investors were cheered by a new survey from the European Commission, showing that eurozone consumers and businesses have shrugged off the Crimea crisis and are at their most confident for two and a half years.</P><P>The Commission's index of consumer and business sentiment for March rose for the 11th month in a row, hitting a 30-month high of 102.4 points.</P><P>Sentiment rose strongly in the countries on the edge of the eurozone where the debt crisis hit hardest. The index was up 2.2 points in Spain and 1.3 points in Italy.</P><P>)