Tue, 07 Aug 2012 18:00:10 GMT
European stocks advanced on Tuesday
On Tuesday, August 7, European
stocks advanced, supported by crude oil, and despite negative economic news.
The Stoxx Europe 600 Index jumped 0.4 per cent to 267.87, boosted mostly by Standard
Chartered, accused by a regulator from New York in hiding $250 billion in transactions
tied to Iran. At the same time, Spanish IBEX
35 Index rose by nearly 2 per cent to 7,200; Portugal's