A man wearing a face mask passes next to the sign of the Deutsche Boerse AG at the stock exchange in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany, December 28, 2020. — AFP pic
The pan-European STOXX 600 index gained 0.4 per cent by 0809 GMT, while Germany’s DAX and France’s CAC 40 gained 0.4 per cent and London’s blue-chip index rose 0.7 per cent.