Eurozone optimism lifts most markets
With the exception of the Balkan states, all of Europe’s national bourses had healthy increases in yesterday’s trading session; the continent’s stocks — as a whole — rising the most in 16 months.
London’s FTSE-100 index was up by 4% — also its highest one-day gain for 16 months — while the French banks drove the CAC-40’s 5.74% rise. In Frankfurt, the other of the big three European exchanges; the DAX, gained 5.3%. Meanwhile, Spain’s IBEX and the Borsa Italiana were up by 4% and 4.9%, respectively.
