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European stock markets diverge at start
LONDON, April 1, 2021 (BSS/AFP) – Europe’s main stock markets diverged as
the start of trading on Thursday as investors weighed up huge US spending
proposals and a renewed lockdown in France.
London’s benchmark FTSE 100 index gained 0.4 percent to 6,741.47 points.
In the eurozone, Frankfurt’s DAX 30 index won 0.3 percent to 15,045.49
points and the Paris CAC 40 fell 0.3 percent to 6,067.23.
The World Health Organization on Thursday slammed Europe’s “unacceptably
slow” vaccine rollout and said the region’s surge in coronavirus infections
was “worrying”.
BSS/AFP/MSY/1330 hrs