European markets have regained ground following sharp falls in early trading, as they opened for the first time since the deadly terrorist attacks in Paris.
The FTSE 100 of blue chip stocks was up 0.29% at 6,135 points at 10.30am. It had opened more than 40 points down on 16 November before recovering, though trading on the index is volatile. Financial bookmakers had seen the UK's leading index opening about 45 points, or 0.7%, lower. A total of 129 people were killed in a series of orchestrated terrorist attacks in Paris on Friday night by suspected Islamist militants. Dozens remain critically injured. French financial markets opened as normal. The nation's Cac index had clawed back early losses by 10.30am, to be up 0.13% at 4,814. Th...
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