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European shares surge after agreement on Greece debt deal

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Reuters LONDON
Last Updated : Jul 13 2015 | 12:48 PM IST

LONDON (Reuters) - European shares surged in early trading on Monday after European Council President Donald Tusk said euro zone leaders reached a unanimous agreement following all-night talks in Brussels to move forward with a bailout loan for Greece.

The euro zone's blue-chip Euro STOXX 50 index rose 1.3 percent, while the pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index was up 1 percent by 0706 GMT.

Germany's DAX, France's CAC and Britain's FTSE 100 rose 0.6 to 1.4 percent.

The euro zone's banking index also advanced 1.5 percent.

(Reporting by Atul Prakash; Editing by Sudip Kar-Gupta)

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First Published: Jul 13 2015 | 12:43 PM IST

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