European stocks finished the session in the growth on Wednesday. Driver of growth was the rise of shares of energy companies, caused by OPEC agreement for limitation of the production.
The composite index of the largest companies in the region Stoxx Europe 600 rose during trading by 0,3%, to 341.99 points.
The index of 50 largest enterprises of the euro zone Euro Stoxx 50 added 0.43%. The British FTSE 100 stock indicator rose by 0.17%, the French CAC 40 - by 0.59%, the German DAX - by 0.19%.
Prices of Brent crude for delivery in February soared on Wednesday by nearly 9%, to $51.55 for a barrel on news that OPEC agreed to reduce the collective production to 32.5 million barrels a day, starting from January next year.
Countries outside of OPEC will cut output at 600 000 b/d, and 300 000 b/d of them will fall to Russia.
Shares of Total SA (PA:TOTF) rose in price by 2,4%, BP Plc (LON:BP) - by 3,8%, Royal Dutch Shell - by 4%. The capitalization of the smaller European oil and gas company Tullow Oil (LON:TLW) and Saipem SpA increased by 13% and 10%, respectively.
However, the prospect of rising fuel prices led to a decline in prices for securities airline EasyJet Plc and Air France-KLM by more than 2%.
The contract value for most metals is reduced on Wednesday, due to which the capitalization of Anglo American Plc (LON:AAL) and Rio Tinto Group (LON:RIO) has decreased by 1.6% and 2.5%, respectively, at auction in London.
The market value of the German industrial gases producer Linde AG (DE:LING) increased by 1% on the news that its US rival Praxair Inc (NYSE:PX) resumed merger talks that could lead to the creation of a giant with $60 billion market capitalization.
Quotes of pharmaceutical companies Novo Nordink increased by 3.4% thanks to the good results of the clinical trials of its production of insulin.
Meanwhile, the price of securities of Royal Bank of Scotland fell by 1.4%. The bank failed the British Central Bank stress tests.
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