Stock Market News (US Open) – European stocks head higher ahead of crucial meeting in Spain; US indices renew highs on tax optimism
Posted on October 20, 2017 at 2:05 pm GMTAt 1355 GMT, a few minutes after US stock markets opened for the trading day, most major European benchmarks were looking set to finish this week’s last trading day on a positive note. The pan-European Stoxx 600 was higher by 0.25% on the day, though it was lower by 0.3% on a weekly basis after advancing for five straight weeks. The FTSE 100 and CAC 40 were higher by 0.2% and 0.1% respectively with the DAX being flat. The Spanish [..]