European stocks close Thursday in positive side

By Gokhan Ergocun

ISTANBUL (AA) - All European markets closed the day with gains on the fourth transaction day of the week.

The STOXX Europe 600, which includes around 90% of the market capitalization of the European market in 17 countries, earned 3.02 points, or 0.65%, to 470.33.

The UK's FTSE 100 index ended at 7,554, up 84.53 points, or 1.13%.

Germany's DAX 30 was up 0.42%, or 64.88 points to 15,524.

France's CAC 40 increased 0.6%, or 41.84 points, to 7,023 points.

Italy's FTSE MIB was up 263.22 points, or 0.99%, at 26,882 and Spain's IBEX 35 earned 85.8 points, or 1%, to 8,706.

Asian stock markets ended Thursday in red after the US Federal Reserve indicated its plans to hike interest rates soon to curb inflation.

Turkiye's BIST 100 index closed at 1,997.69 points, up 2.38%.