Europe's main stock markets advanced at the start of trading on Thursday, with London's benchmark FTSE 100 index of top companies up 0.40 percent at 5,826.30 points.
Elsewhere, Frankfurt's DAX 30 index gained 0.53 percent to 7,382.55 points and in Paris the CAC 40 won 0.60 percent to 3,536.63.
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