Forexpros – European stocks were up after the closing bell on Friday.
At the close of European trade, Germany’s DAX rose 3.45%, London’s FTSE 100 gained 3.04%, France’s CAC 40 climbed 4.02% and the EURO STOXX 50 was up 4.15%.
Earlier in the day, preliminary data showed that U.S. UoM consumer sentiment fell more-than-expected to a seasonally adjusted 54.9 last month from 63.7 in the preceding month.
Analysts had expected UoM consumer sentiment to fall to 63.0 last month.
Meanwhile, on Wall Street, equity markets were up after the open. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 1.22%; the S&P 500 index gained 0.73%, while the Nasdaq 100 index climbed 0.60%.
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