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Google must open Android to rival app stores: US court
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Amazon profits surge 35% as AI investments drive growth
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Zelensky urges allies to seek 'regime change' in Russia
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Trump envoy to inspect Gaza aid as pressure mounts on Israel
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US theater and opera legend Robert Wilson dead at 83
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EA shooter 'Battlefield 6' to appear in October
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Heavyweight shooter 'Battlefield 6' to appear in October
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Justin Timberlake says he has Lyme disease
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Atkinson and Tongue strike as India struggle in England decider
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US theater and opera auteur Bob Wilson dead at 83
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Trump envoy to visit Gaza as pressure mounts on Israel
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In Darwin's wake: Two-year global conservation voyage sparks hope
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Microsoft valuation surges above $4 trillion as AI lifts stocks
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Verstappen quells speculation by committing to Red Bull for 2026
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Study reveals potato's secret tomato past
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Trump's envoy in Israel as Gaza criticism mounts
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Squiban solos to Tour de France stage win, Le Court maintains lead
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Max Verstappen confirms he is staying at Red Bull next year
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Mitchell keeps New Zealand on top against Zimbabwe
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Vasseur signs new contract as Ferrari team principal
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French cities impose curfews for teens to curb crime
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Seals sing 'otherworldly' songs structured like nursery rhymes
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India captain Gill run out in sight of Gavaskar record
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Trump's global trade policy faces test, hours from tariff deadline
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Study reveals potato's secret tomato heritage
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Wirtz said I would 'enjoy' Bayern move, says Diaz
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West Ham's Paqueta cleared of betting charges
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AI gives stocks a lift, dollar mixed tracking Fed, tariffs
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Authorities abandon recovery of German Olympian killed in Pakistan
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Talks over France, Lions game 'progressing': Benazzi
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Popovici ready to hit the beach after world swim sprint double
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Magic Marchand adds gold to world record as McIntosh wins again
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Sweden jihadist jailed for life over Jordan pilot burned alive
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Zelensky signs bill ensuring anti-graft agencies' 'independence'
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Sleepless in Singapore: Marchand wins gold, day after world record
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England make early double strike in India series decider
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Popovici wins 100m freestyle world gold for sprint double
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Marchand wins 200m medley gold, day after world record
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Thousands of Afghans scramble for chance to work in Qatar
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Trump's envoy arrives in Israel as Gaza criticism mounts
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McIntosh powers to third gold of worlds, 12-year-old Yu fourth
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Hong Kong sees 3.1% growth in second quarter
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Stocks, dollar mixed tracking Fed, tariffs, results
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World Athletics brings in gene tests for female category eligibility
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Trump says tariffs are making US 'great & rich' again
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Pakistan opposition leader given 10 years for Imran Khan protests
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India's Bumrah out of Oval finale as England bowl in fifth Test
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Rights groups urge Nepal to reverse Telegram ban
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BMW says can weather tariff storm despite profit plunge
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Zelensky urges allies to push for 'regime change' in Russia
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Stocks mostly rise on EU-US trade deal hopes
Stock markets mostly extended gains Thursday as optimism grew that the European Union could soon strike a trade deal with the United States, following the Japan-US agreement.
Investors have benefitted in recent weeks from bets that governments will eventually hammer out pacts with Donald Trump ahead of the US president's August 1 deadline to avoid steeper levies.
"The positive sentiment generated by the trade deal agreed between the US and Japan continued to permeate the markets," said AJ Bell investment director Russ Mould.
This was boosted further by "optimism surrounding trade talks between the US and EU", said Joshua Mahony, chief market analyst at Rostro trading group.
London's FTSE 100 gained almost one percent, lifted also by a stream of robust earnings, including from consumer goods group Reckitt, mobile phone giant Vodafone and Lloyds bank.
Frankfurt rose, along with most other European stocks, as the European Union and Washington appeared close to a deal that would set a baseline 15-percent levy on EU goods, down from a threatened 30 percent.
A European Commission spokesman said Thursday said that he believed a trade deal with the United States is "within reach".
According to multiple diplomats, the deal could waive tariffs on aircraft, lumber, pharmaceutical products and agricultural goods.
The bloc, however, is still forging ahead with contingency plans in case talks fail, with member states approving a 93-billion-euro ($109-billion) package of counter-tariffs on US goods.
After opening higher, Paris slipped in midday trading, dragged down by a drop in luxury stocks and disappointing earnings from fossil fuel giant TotalEnergies and chipmaker STMicroelectronics, which plunged 10 percent.
Later on Thursday, the European Central Bank is expected to leave interest rates unchanged as higher US tariffs hang in the balance.
In Asia, stocks advanced following another record day for the S&P 500 and Nasdaq on Wall Street Wednesday.
Tokyo added more than one percent, building on a more than three percent surge Wednesday on the back of the Japan-US trade deal.
Hong Kong and Shanghai also advanced.
Traders kept an eye on Tokyo after Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba denied discussing his resignation with party elders on Wednesday, as speculation about his future intensified following a weekend election debacle.
Banking stocks gained in Europe after a flurry of earnings reports were received well by the market.
Deutsche Bank posted its highest second-quarter profit since 2007, which sent its shares surging more than seven percent in Frankfurt.
French banking giant BNP Paribas announced a record annual profit for 2025, and UK bank Lloyds reported a rise in first-half net profit.
- Key figures at around 1100 GMT -
London - FTSE 100: UP 0.9 percent at 9,114.38 points
Paris - CAC 40: DOWN 0.3 percent at 7,830.42
Frankfurt - DAX: UP 0.4 percent at 24,336.31
Tokyo - Nikkei 225: UP 1.6 percent at 41,826.34 (close)
Hong Kong - Hang Seng Index: UP 0.5 percent at 25,667.18 (close)
Shanghai - Composite: UP 0.7 percent at 3,605.73 (close)
New York - Dow: UP 1.1 percent at 45,010.29 (close)
Dollar/yen: UP at 146.55 yen from 146.47 yen on Wednesday
Euro/dollar: DOWN at $1.1752 from $1.1777
Pound/dollar: DOWN at $1.3538 from $1.3579
Euro/pound: UP at 86.81 pence from 86.68 pence
West Texas Intermediate: UP 0.9 percent at $65.86 per barrel
Brent North Sea Crude: UP 0.8 percent at $69.03 per barrel
O.M.Souza--AMWN