00:00 Europe's main stock markets opened with a mix as traders responded to the latest
00:04 profit season outlook for interest rates in China's economic struggles.
00:08 London's benchmark FTSE 100 index grew by 0.3 percent to 7,609.97 points,
00:17 boosted by hopes that the Bank of England could soon end the raising of
00:21 interest rates as British inflation slows down. In the eurozone, Frankfurt's
00:26 DAX index shed 0.3 percent to 16,065.81 points and the Paris CAC 40 lost by 0.2
00:35 percent to 7,311.94.
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