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LONDON | European markets lead advance as stock recover their poise

LONDON  — Stock markets recovered their poise Monday with many of Europe‘s main indexes trading 2 percent higher — but few market participants would go as far as to say that the recent downturn has come to an end.

KEEPING SCORE: In Europe, London’s FTSE 100 was up 1.9 percent to 7,074 while Germany‘s DAX rose 2 percent to 11,427. The CAC 40 in France was 1.1 percent higher at 5,020. Wall Street…