European Stocks Close Higher as Earnings Optimism Offsets Oil Concerns
European stocks snapped recent losses and closed higher Wednesday, with earnings optimism partly offsetting concerns about oil prices and geopolitical tensions.
BRUSSELS/FRANKFURT/PARIS (dpa-AFX) - European stocks snapped recent losses and closed higher on Wednesday as optimism about corporate earnings helped offset worries about oil prices, and concerns about geopolitical tensions to some extent. Investors also digested the latest batch of regional econom…