Fri, 02 Mar 2012 07:48:06 GMT
European markets climb higher on Thursday
European shares ended Thursday session on positive note as banks kept collecting gains from ECB second loan program implemented on Wednesday. However improvement was limited as data showed US manufacturing expanded slower than expected. Stoxx Europe 600 index and FTSE 100 index each added 1%, while German DAX and French CAC 40 index each surged 1.3%.