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A survey in a survey showed that in economic release, the German consumer confidence is ready to grow after growing in July after growing three direct months.

According to a survey published jointly by the Market Research Group GFK and Nurnberg Institute for Market Decisions, the consumer spirit index, which appeared further, fell unexpectedly from -20.0 in July to -20.3 in July -20.3. The expected score was -19.1.

PAN-European Stoxx 600 was up 0.2 percent at 0.2 percent after falling 0.7 percent on Wednesday.

The German dax rose 0.8 percent, while France’s CAC 40 and the UK FTSE 100 were about 0.1 percent.

Shares of 3i Group held 3 percent rallies. The investment manager said that his majority -owned business, action, continued to perform “strongly”, such as an increase in sales of 6.9 percent a year.

After denying the plan to acquire BP PLC, the oil and gas company Shell raised a little up.

After naming a new CEO and interim CFO, tile retailer tops tiles increased by 2.8 percent. The clothing retailer rose 1 percent after reporting a strong performance in Q1 FY25 and raising the guidance of the financial year for the second time.

Balfor Beatti, a construction and infrastructure group, added about 2 percent of the French energy firm Technip energy to win a contract of 833 million pounds ($ 1.14 billion).

Fashion retailer H&M increased by 5.2 percent after the benefit of the second quarter.

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