Despite fears that the Omicron variant is leading to another round of government restrictions that will slow economic growth, stock markets have held up well and rebounded fast
Markets first dropped on fears over the Omicron variant on Friday last week, and since then have see-sawed
The pan-European STOXX 600 advanced 1% as of 0818 GMT, after a 3.7% slump on Friday, triggered by concerns around the newly discovered variant
STOXX 600 set for worst day in nearly two months
Retail stocks were the top decliners in Europe
The 7-year instrument has been priced at 1.841%, which PFC says is the lowest yield locked in by an Indian issuer in Euro markets
State-owned PFC on Thursday said it has issued bonds worth 300 million euros for a period of seven years.
The Stoxx 600 Europe Index added 0.2% by 8:05 a.m. in London, with miners, consumer products and technology sectors outperforming.
The Stoxx 600 Europe Index was 0.2% lower by 2:15 p.m. in London.
The Stoxx 600 Index was up 0.6% by 12:37 p.m. London time
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Mining, oil stocks among top decliners
The pan-European STOXX 600 inched up 0.3%
Early 1% gains in London, Frankfurt, Paris and Milan meant the pan-European STOXX 600 was close to joining Wall Street back at record highs.
Germany's 10-year government bond yield fell 2.2 basis points on the data to -0.194%.
The STOXX 600 was 0.3% lower on the day but was up around 1.5% from the lows it hit on Monday.
European stocks opened lower, but the pan-European STOXX 600 index erased early losses to trade flat on the day, helped by a rise in German and Italian shares
The European Commission filed its first antitrust charges against Apple in April following an initial complaint by the iPhone maker's rival Spotify.
Bank stocks at 15-month high; travel and leisure stocks best weekly performers
In Europe, euro Stoxx futures were steady and Britain's FTSE 100 traded up 0.2%.