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Anticipating the second decrease in the interest rate by the ECB, the stock indexes started to climb. The Stoxx Europe 600 index added 0.49% to 242.59, Germany's DAX 30 index increased by 0.77% to 6,041.82 while France's CAC-40 index advanced 0.65% at 3,196.82 and the FTSE 100 index gained 0.44% to 5,570.44.