The leading stock exchanges in Europe ended today's trading session with a significant rise, mainly because of the good corporate results announced today, as well as because of generally acceptable economic data for the Eurozone and its most important countries, BTA reports.

London's FTSE 100 added 78.18 points, or 1.06 percent, to 7,423.43.

Wall Street opened with strong gains in anticipation of the Fed's decision

In Frankfurt, the DAX rose 201.94 points, or 1.52 percent, to 13,484.05.

The Paris CAC 40 jumped 109.29 points, or 1.72 percent, to 6,448.5 points.

The pan-European Stoxx 600 rose 1.3 percent, with shares in the oil and gas sector up 2.9 percent, with almost all sectors and bourses in the green.

There was a decrease, albeit only by 0.4 percent, only for companies operating in the field of health care.

In July, the Stoxx 600 index rose 6.3 percent and recorded its best performance since November 2020.

Economic growth in the eurozone accelerated in the second quarter despite persistently high inflation and record energy prices and in contrast to data overseas that showed the US economy contracted for a second straight quarter and was on the brink of recession.

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