Stocks across Europe popped at the open on Thursday morning after a positive day in Asian markets, driven by a rally in the price of oil on Wednesday and overnight.

The biggest winner in Western Europe so far this morning has been Britain’s FTSE100, which jumped as much as 1.45% in the first ten minutes of trading, push stocks in the UK above 5,900 points, after closing at around 5,825 yesterday evening. It has since pared the gains a little, and is up around 1.3% as of 8:15 a.m. GMT (3:15 a.m. ET). Here’s what it’s doing:

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Source : BusinessInsider.Com