Cairo – Mubasher: European stock markets kicked off Thursday on an up note, tracking their Asian peers that were in green.

At 8:10 GMT, the Eurofirst 300 index rose by 0.2%, while Euro Stoxx index rallied by 0.1%.

UK’s FTSE index inched higher by 0.02%, while Germany’s DAX and France’s CAC added 0.1% each.