- Ronaldo scores 133rd Portugal goal in Nations League win over Poland
- 40 nations contributing to UN Lebanon peacekeeping force condemn 'attacks'
- Eight dead as heavy rain thrashes Brazil after long drought
- Jewish school in Canada hit by gunfire for second time
- Morocco crush Central African Republic, Guirassy scores hat-trick
- Dupont scores quickfire hat-trick on Toulouse Top 14 return
- Ronaldo scores in Portugal's Nations League win as Spain sink Denmark
- Interim boss Carsley has not applied for England job
- Mets hurler Senga ready to take on Dodgers in game one of NL Championship Series
- Ronaldo on target again as Portugal defeat Poland in Nations League
- Guardians rip Tigers 7-3 to advance in MLB playoffs
- AFP, BBC win top French war reporting awards
- Carsley goes back to basics as humbled England face Finland
- Alex Salmond: the man who took Scotland to the brink of independence
- Scotland's former leader Alex Salmond dies aged 69: party
- UN warns of catastrophe as Israel fights a two-front war
- Croatia extend Scotland's losing streak
- South Africa, New Zealand boost T20 World Cup semi-final hopes
- 'Very challenging': Israel faces Hezbollah in tricky terrain
- Farrell begins to feel at home as Racing 92 beat Toulon
- South Africa boost T20 World Cup semi-final hopes with Bangladesh win
- Samson ton powers India to T20 series sweep after record total
- Djokovic to face Sinner in Shanghai final with 100th title in sight
- UN peacekeepers to remain in Lebanon: spokesman
- Pro-Conquest film fuels debate in Mexico over colonial legacy
- Samson ton powers India to record 297-6 in Bangladesh T20
- New Zealand enjoy perfect start to America's Cup defence over Britain
- Pogacar emulates icon Coppi with fourth straight Il Lombardia triumph
- UN warns against 'catastrophic' regional conflict
- New Zealand crush Ineos Britannia in America's Cup opener
- Djokovic to face Sinner in blockbuster Shanghai Masters final
- With medical report Harris seeks to play health card against Trump
- Sri Lanka seeks to match success in W.Indies T20s
- Sinner reaches Shanghai final, will end year number one
- China-EU EV tariff talks in Brussels end with 'major differences': Beijing
- Sabalenka downs Gauff in three sets to reach Wuhan final
- Israel warns south Lebanon residents to 'not return'
- Sinner tames Machac to reach Shanghai Masters final
- Buried Nazi past haunts Athens on liberation anniversary
- Harris to release medical report confirming fitness for presidency: campaign
- Nobel prize a timely reminder, Hiroshima locals say
- Hezbollah fires at Israel as wars rage on Yom Kippur
- Analysts warn more detail needed on new China economic measures
- China tees up fresh spending to boost ailing economy
- China says will issue special bonds to boost ailing economy
- China offers $325 bn in fiscal stimulus for ailing economy
- Dodgers drop Padres 2-0 to advance in MLB playoffs
- Alexei Navalny wrote he knew he would die in prison in new memoir
- Last-minute legal ruling allows betting on US election
- Despite hurricanes, Floridians refuse to leave 'paradise'
European stocks rise as eurozone dodges recession
European stock markets rose on Tuesday, with Paris reaching a record high as official data showed the eurozone avoided recession last year.
Hong Kong and Shanghai indices fell heavily as an order to liquidate indebted property developer Evergrande fanned fears about China's fragile economy.
Wall Street enjoyed new record highs on Monday as investors looked to the start of the Federal Reserve's meeting on US interest rates.
In a busy week for markets, focus also will be on earnings from tech titans Microsoft, Google parent Alphabet, Apple and Facebook parent Meta.
The week ends with major US jobs data.
The eurozone economy avoided a technical recession in the second half of 2023 but stagnated in the final three months of the year, official data showed on Tuesday.
The zero-percent figure for the October to December period compared to the previous quarter beat forecasts.
Analysts for Bloomberg and financial data firm FactSet had predicted a contraction of 0.1 percent in the fourth quarter.
"European (stock) markets are pushing higher... as traders overlook an unwelcome rebound in Spanish inflation," noted Joshua Mahony, chief market analyst at Scope Markets.
"Instead, we are seeing markets react to a rather surprising raft of eurozone growth data that has seen stronger-than-expected Spanish, Italian, and eurozone GDP for the fourth quarter."
The singe-currency area's economy has been hit by many factors including higher interest rates, a cost-of-living crisis hitting households' spending and weakening global demand.
In Asia, the dire performance of the Chinese economy and stock markets is putting increasing pressure on officials to come up with a support plan and there is speculation that announcements will come at upcoming Communist Party meetings.
Talk of an interest rate cut is also swirling.
"Market expectation for a rate cut in February is gaining traction, especially after (the central bank's) surprising announcement to cut RRR," said Ming Ming at Citic Securities, referring to a reduction in the proportion of cash banks must keep in reserve, to boost lending.
- Key figures around 1100 GMT -
London - FTSE 100: UP 0.6 percent at 7,678.87 points
Paris - CAC 40: UP 0.5 percent at 7,676.40
Frankfurt - DAX: UP 0.2 percent at 16,970.13
EURO STOXX 50: UP 0.5 percent at 4,662.35
Tokyo - Nikkei 225: UP 0.1 percent at 36,065.86 (close)
Hong Kong - Hang Seng Index: DOWN 2.3 percent at 15,703.45 (close)
Shanghai - Composite: DOWN 1.8 percent at 2,830.53 (close)
New York - Dow: UP 0.6 percent at 38,333.45 (close)
Euro/dollar: FLAT at $1.0838 on Monday
Euro/pound: UP at 85.46 pence from 85.24 pence
Pound/dollar: DOWN at $1.2681 from $1.2710
Dollar/yen: DOWN at 147.26 yen from 147.48 yen
West Texas Intermediate: UP 0.3 percent at $77.00 per barrel
Brent North Sea Crude: FLAT at $82.43 per barrel
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A.Jones--AMWN