Tuesday, May 22, 2007

European shares rise by midday; D.Telekom helps

(Reuters) - European shares rose by midday on Tuesday, as upbeat German investors' sentiment and talk of a potential sale by Deutsche Telekom of its U.S. unit helped offset by a drop in GlaxoSmithKline.

The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index was up 0.1 percent at 1,599.62 points, around seven points below a 6-1/2-year peak reached on Monday.


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