Daily Market Snapshot: Euro stocks rise on strong US earnings

European markets have broadly continued gaining on Wednesday's highs, following encouraging US earnings and the resulting strength in US markets.

At the time of writing, the FTSE Eurofirst 300 is up 0.4% but the FTSE 100 is marginally down by 0.4%. The Dow Jones passed the 10,000 mark for the first time in 12 months, with third-quarter results from Intel and JP Morgan boosting investor confidence. Markets were also aided by better-than expected retail sales in September. As a result, the S&P 500 closed up 1.8% and the Dow Jones up 1.5%. Previous working day closing figures: Dow Jones: 10,015.86 FTSE All-Share: 2,703.47 FTSE 100: 5,256.10 FTSE 250: 9,541.33 FTSE AIM: 678.03 Market snapshots (at 10:15): FTSE All-Share: -...