LIVE MARKETS-Earnings decent in aggregate, stocks up
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EARNINGS DECENT, IN AGGREGATE, STOXX UP
Europe's broad STOXX 600 .STOXX is up a solid 0.5% in the first hour of trading, helped by some positive reactions to quarterly earnings.
Dutch healthcare firm Philips PHG.AS tops the charts, up over 10%, after beating analysts' expectations for Q2 and raising its full year guidance.
Second on the list is Franco-Italian eyewear maker Essilorluxottica ESLX.PA, up 5.7% after its results.
There's also dip-buying going on after some falls on Monday. Germany's DAX is up 0.9% and back to basically where it was at Friday's close, after losing around 1% on Monday. .GDAXI
Similarly, an index of defence stocks .SXPARO which shed 1.3% Monday after the EU agreed to buy more U.S. military equipment, is up nearly 2%.
(Alun John)
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