Europe’s stock markets edged upwards at the open on Thursday

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Europe’s stock markets edged upwards at the open on Thursday, with sentiment buoyed after US President Donald Trump unveiled his market-friendly tax cut plans.

In initial trading, London’s benchmark FTSE 100 index of major blue-chip companies was up 0.1 percent at 7,317.76 points, reports BSS.

In the eurozone, the CAC 40 in Paris also added almost 0.1 percent to 5,286.05 points, and Frankfurt’s DAX 30 won 0.2 percent to 12,682.37 points compared with the closing level on Wednesday.

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