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Shares also received a fillip from better than expected eurozone data.
Recent eurozone data has proved weak, with inflation falling and unemployment rising.
The rebound in the euro following the strong eurozone data has given another whacking to sterling.
The news kicks off a busy morning for eurozone data -- with new growth figures for many of its members due in the next few hours.
Some analysts believe the latest batch of eurozone data adds up to a growth rate for the first quarter of 0.5%.
The index has hit a new two week high, thanks to a number of positive corporate updates and despite some poor UK industrial production figures and downbeat eurozone data.
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Updated at 3.13pm BST 10.00am BST Eurozone unemployment data released Eurozone unemployment has, as we feared, hit a new record high of 12.1%.
The ECB may well have been late to start quantitative easing, but ironically its arrival coincides with improving eurozone economic data.
Overall ahead of UK unemployment figures and a host of poor eurozone GDP data, the FTSE 100 is 8.88 points lower at 6677.18.
And there are some important economic figures out this week, including Chinese GDP, US inflation and eurozone manufacturing data, which could prompt more market volatility.
9.18am BST Markit says the eurozone PMI data suggests the region's economy shrank by 0.6% over the quarter, much worse than analysts are forecasting.
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