LONDON - Financial stocks boosted Britain's leading share index, rallying from falls in the previous session following weak US jobs data and supported by energy markers which gained in tandem with crude. The FTSE 100 was up 78.13 points, or 1.5 percent, at 5,410.52, having closed 0.6 percent lower on Friday, albeit in light volumes, with the index having traded just 53 percent of its 90-day average volume.

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EUROPE - European shares closed higher, propelled by a boost to oil majors from strong crude prices and lifted by speculation that the US Federal Reserve may inject extra stimulus measures to spur the economy. The FTSEurofirst 300 index of top European shares closed up 1.4 percent at 1,071.26 points after falling 1.1 percent on Friday when downbeat US jobs data renewed jitters over the pace of economic recovery.

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FRANKFURT - The DAX index ended at 6,351.6 points, up 91.97 or 1.47 percent.

PARIS - The CAC-40 index closed at 3,777.37 points, up 61.32 or 1.65 percent.

ZURICH - The Swiss market index closed at 6,391.74 points, up 70.38 or 1.11 percent.

MILAN - The FT IT All Share index closed at 21,817.46 points, up 250.03 or 1.16 percent.

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TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei average fell 0.72 percent in very thin trade after jobs data signalled the US economic recovery was flagging and fanned talk the Federal Reserve may consider further policy easing at a meeting this week. The Nikkei lost 69.63 points to 9,572.49 after moving in a roughly 50-point range all day.

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HONG KONG - Shares in Hong Kong and Shanghai rose after choppy trading as investors awaited monthly data from Beijing for cues on further government policy. The Hang Seng index ended 0.57 percent higher at a three-and-a-half month high of 21,801.59, up 122.79 points.

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SYDNEY - Stocks rose 0.63 percent after confidence was lifted by the promise of a benign local earnings reporting season, enticing investors to snap up banks and miners during weakness early in the session. The S&P/ASX 200 index rose 28.8 points to 4,594.9.

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JOHANNESBURG - South African financial markets were closed yesterday for National Women's Day. Trading will resume today. On Friday, the All-share index closed at 28,282.12 points. The All Gold index closed at 2,442.51 points, while the Industrial index closed at 22,960 points.