London stocks had ticked higher by midday on Thursday as investors mulled the latest Chinese inflation data, waded through a deluge of corporate news and eyed another speech by Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell.
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European stocks closed higher on Thursday thanks to impressive earnings updates from several companies from across the region. Investors largely shrugged off concerns about the outlook for interest rates and chose to focus on corporate news.