• European stocks rose slightly

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20 August 2012

European stocks rose slightly

European stock indices show an increase in the upcoming meetings pridverii eurozone leaders. The head of the Eurogroup Jean-Claude Juncker, August 22, visited Athens, where he will discuss with the Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras Greek government's request for an extension to the two year extension of the program of fiscal austerity in the country.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande will meet in Berlin on 23 August, and then - 24 and August 25 - will meet with Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras in Berlin and Paris.

Today published data on the level of construction output in the euro zone in June year on year figure fell by -2.8%.

The focus of the market are the data on the index of economic activity from the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago in the U.S., which will be published at 12:30 GMT.

To date:

FTSE 100 5,852.09 -0.33 -0.01%

CAC 40 3,501.91 +13.53 +0.39%

DAX 7,081.33 +40.45 +0.57%

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