Dubai – Mubasher: European equity markets rose on Tuesday’s early trade, while France’s main gauge bucked the uptrend, following news that the ECB bought more government bonds worth EUR 13.022 billion last week, thus pushing the total value EUR 314.47 billion.
UK’s FTSE 100 index rose by as much as 0.12% to 6,090 points, while Germany’s DAX index added 0.48% to 10,178.
France’s CAC index fell by 0.21% to 4,540, Italy’s FTSE MBI rallied by 0.32% to 21,627 and Spain’s IBEX rose 0.25% to 9,720.