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Europe shares benefit from oil but end off highs Friday, 16 May 2008

LONDON, May 16 (Reuters) - European shares rose on Friday, fed by a rally in energy stocks as crude oil hit new record highs, although banks coming under pressure and U.S. consumer sentiment data knocked the market back from session peaks. Full Article

FTSE

6,304.30 +52.50 +0.84%

DAX

7,156.55 +75.50 +1.07%

CAC40

5,078.04 +20.53 +0.41%

Markets

London Market Report

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All European Indices

Data as of 17 May 2008. All quotes delayed at least 15 minutes.

Symb	Index	Mkt Report	Time	Last	Chg	Chg %
.FTSE	FTSE 100 Index	View Report	16 May 2008	6,304.30	+52.50	+0.84%
.FTMC	FTSE 250 Index	View Report	16 May 2008	10,454.30	+115.40	+1.12%
.FTT1X	FTSE techMARK 100 Index	View Report	16 May 2008	1,597.15	+3.27	+0.21%
.GDAXI	DAX Index	View Report	16 May 2008	7,156.55	+75.50	+1.07%
.FCHI	CAC 40 Index	View Report	16 May 2008	5,078.04	+20.53	+0.41%
.SSMI	SMI Index	View Report	16 May 2008	7,653.71	-29.72	-0.39%
.MIBTEL	Italian Mibtel Index		16 May 2008	26,276.00	+129.00	+0.49%
.SMSI	Madrid General Index		3:26am IST	1,515.78	-5.96	-0.39%
.OMXSPI	OMX Stockholm All Share Index		16 May 2008	330.57	+1.96	+0.60%
.OMXHPI	OMX Helsinki All Share Index		16 May 2008	9,865.82	+122.77	+1.26%
.OMXC20	OMX Copenhagen 20 Index		16 May 2008	463.65	+5.99	+1.31%
.OSEAX	Oslo Exchange All-share Index		16 May 2008	586.17	+7.80	+1.35%
.ISEQ	ISEQ Overall Index		16 May 2008	6,429.23	+5.06	+0.08%
.BFX	Bell 20 Index	View Report	16 May 2008	3,796.33	-2.66	-0.07%
.AEX	AEX Amsterdam Index	View Report	16 May 2008	490.78	+0.88	+0.18%
.IBEX	Ibex 35 Index	View Report	16 May 2008	14,124.80	-61.60	-0.43%
.BVLG	PSI General		16 May 2008	3,610.32	+1.89	+0.05%
.STOXX50	DJ Stoxx 50 ETF	View Report	15 May 2008	33.18	-0.37	-1.10%
.STOXX50E	DJ Euro Stoxx 50 ETF	View Report	16 May 2008	39.62	+0.39	+0.99%