India, Aug. 14 -- Amid expectations of a rate cut from the Federal Reserve in September, and hopes the meeting between the Presidents of the U.S. and Russia will help end the war in Ukraine, the major European markets closed on a positive note on Thursday, although the U.K. market underperformed other major markets in the region.
Investors also digested a slew of earnings updates and economic data from the region.
The pan European Stoxx 600 gained 0.55%. The U.K.'s FTSE 100 closed 0.13% up after spending much of the day's trading session in negative territory. Germany's DAX and France's CAC 40 gained 0.79% and 0.84%, respectively. Switzerland's SMI settled with a gain of 0.19%.
Among other markets in Europe, Austria, Belgium, Czech Repub...