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Article: World markets up again amid ongoing optimism
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- November 11, 2009
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World stock markets rose Wednesday as investor appetite for riskier assets such as shares and commodities remained strong, pushing many indexes up towards their highest levels this year.
Further solid earnings reports from companies including French bank Credit Agricole SA, encouraging economic data and dovish comments from central bank officials _ including Bank of England governor Mervyn King _ helped fuel another bout of buying in stock markets around the world.
In Europe, Germany's DAX closed up 55.15 points, or 1 percent, 5,668.35 while France's CAC-40 was 28.80 points, or 0.8 percent, higher at 3,814.39. And Britain's FTSE 100 index of leading British shares rose ...