ENM: European shares near 5-year highs as Vivendi rises
LONDON: European shares rose back towards five-year highs on Friday, buoyed by media group Vivendi and prospects of a further dose of accommodative central bank policies that were tipped to keep the equity rally on track. The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index was up by 0.3 per cent at 1,297.56 points in mid-session trading, moving back near a 5-year high of 1,316.42 points reached on Nov. 7. The euro zone's blue-chip Euro STOXX 50 index also edged up by 0.1 per cent to 3,056.31 points. It ..