AFX European stockmarket summary
London shares ended a six-session run of successive losses when it closed up today boosted by a recovery in telecom stocks, strength in oils - led by an update from Shell - and gains in the heavyweight banking sector after Royal Bank of Scotland issued an upbeat trading statement, dealers said.
The FTSE 100 index closed up 75.30 points at 5,136.30.
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