European stocks open higher after worst day in nearly three weeks

Published: April 16, 2020 at 3:04 a.m. ET

European stocks opened higher Thursday, after the Stoxx Europe 600
SXXP,
+0.92%

on Wednesday suffered its biggest single-day loss in nearly three weeks. The German DAX
DAX,
+1.05%

rose 1.4% as Chancellor Angela Merkel set out plans to begin re-opening the economy, and the U.K. FTSE 100
UKX,
+0.25%

rose 0.9% as futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average
YM00,
+0.53%

rose 213 points.

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