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London's equity markets closed positively on Friday, buoyed by gains in the banking sector following better-than-expected results from NatWest.

London’s top index finished 60.97 points, or 0.75%, higher to end the day at 8,139.83.

European stocks closed on a firm note on Friday with investors cheering a slew of strong earnings updates from U.S. big names Alphabet and Microsoft, and a few European companies, and shrugging of interest rate concerns for now.

European stocks closed on a firm note on Friday with investors cheering a slew of strong earnings updates from U.S. big names Alphabet and Microsoft, and a few European companies, and shrugging of interest rate concerns for now.

London’s FTSE 100 was up 0.3% at 8,061.26 in afternoon trade on Thursday.

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Euronext Dublin up just over 1% at close of business on ‘strong day’ for the market, traders say

European stocks closed higher on Tuesday with several markets hitting multi-month or multi-year highs, and the U.K.'s FTSE 100 climbing to a fresh all-time high, as investors cheered some positive regional economic data and awaited a slew of earnings and economic updates from the U.

Skys Ian King explains why the FTSE 100 is outperforming the second tier for UK shares this year, declaring that it speaks volumes for the UKs economic outlook.