India, July 23 -- European stocks were sharply higher on Wednesday after three straight sessions of losses.
Focus shifted to potential trade agreements after U.S. President Donald Trump announced trade deals with Japan & Philippines.
The prospects of an EU-U.S. trade agreement improved after Trump said that EU representatives would come for trade negotiations on Wednesday.
"We have Europe coming in tomorrow, and the next day, we have some other ones coming in," Trump said late on Tuesday, without specifying details.
The pan European STOXX 600 jumped 1.2 percent to 550.83 after falling 0.4 percent on Tuesday.
The German DAX rose a little over 1 percent, France's CAC 40 climbed 1.5 percent and the U.K.'s FTSE 100 was up half a percent.
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