World stock markets rose again Monday amid ongoing hopes that corporate earnings will outperform expectations and give another signal that the global recession is loosening its grip.
In Europe, the FTSE 100 index of leading British shares was up 7.75 points, or 0.2 percent, at 4,584.36 with publishing group Pearson PLC up around 10 percent after it raised its earnings guidance for the year despite testing market conditions.
However, Rexam PLC, Europe's biggest maker of cans for the drinks industry, slid over 10 percent after it confirmed it may raise 350 million pounds via the issue of new shares to help it pay down its debt burden.
Meanwhile, France's CAC-40 index was 18.61 points, or 0.6 ...