European stocks open higher, spurred on by gains in Asia-Pacific markets

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The pan-European Stoxx 600 was up around 1% shortly after the opening bell, with almost all sectors in positive territory.Sign up for NBC Philadelphia's News Headlines newsletter.These outperforming stocks are still set to soar, analysts say, giving 3 more than 30% upsidewere little changed on Wednesday night after the index broke a four-day winning streak. Traders will be keeping a close eye on the weekly jobless claims report, due Thursday.

Economists polled by Dow Jones anticipate 223,000 initial unemployment claims were filed for the week ending Sept. 21. The final reading of second-quarter gross domestic product is also out in the morning.Several Federal Reserve officials are also slated to speak on Thursday, including Chair Jerome Powell and New York Fed President John Williams.

In Europe, earnings come from H&M Group and data releases include German consumer confidence figures from GfK.

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