Europe: Stocks climb at open on Friday

[LONDON] Europe's main stock markets advanced at the start of trading on Friday, with London's benchmark FTSE 100 index up 0.26 per cent at 7,072.36 points.

Frankfurt's DAX 30 index won 0.51 per cent to 11,783.56 points and the CAC 40 in Paris gained 0.46 per cent to 5,202.63 compared with Thursday's close.

AFP