European markets have broadly continued gaining on Wednesday's highs, following encouraging US earnings and the resulting strength in US markets.
The FTSE Eurofirst 300 is up 0.4% but the FTSE 100 is marginally down by 0.4%. The Dow Jones passed the 10,000 mark for the first time in 12 months, with third-quarter results from Intel and JP Morgan boosting investor confidence. Markets were also aided by better-than expected retail sales in September. As a result, the S&P 500 closed up 1.8% and the Dow Jones up 1.5%. Previous working day closing figures: Dow Jones: 10,015.86 FTSE All-Share: 2,703.47 FTSE 100: 5,256.10 FTSE 250: 9,541.33 FTSE AIM: 678.03 Market snapshots (at 10:15): FTSE All-Share: -0.11% FTSE 100: -0.12% FTSE 25...
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