European shares make biggest gains in three weeks
Shares in Independent News & Media gained 5.5% after its trading statement was released
European shares recorded their biggest gain in three weeks, led by energy and mining shares as the euro fell and oil held above $40 a barrel.
Markets were also helped by encouraging updates from companies such as Germany's United Internet and Dutch-based Randstad, the world's second-biggest staffing company, while sentiment was also boosted by the latest comments from an executive board member of the European Central Bank, and by Greece's preliminary deal with ...