Europe open: Shares up on rate hopes; Eyes on UK, French elections - Sharecast.com

The pan-regional Stoxx 600 was up 0.5% to 513, while France's CAC 40 rose 0.8% and Britain's FTSE 0.52%.
"Stocks have largely been driven upwards by hopes that interest rate cuts are on the horizon and a soft landing is in sight, thanks to
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