The eurozone has come out of recession, recording GDP growth of 0.3% in the second quarter to bring a record 18-month contraction to an end.
The FTSE 100 has ended three straight days of losses to move 0.9% higher, returning to levels last seen at the end of May.
Mark Mobius, executive chairman of Templeton Emerging Markets Group, examines the relationship between the EM giants and frontier markets.
Mark Hargraves, senior portfolio manager at AXA Framlington (an expertise of AXA Investment Managers), reminds investors that corporate profitability, where Europe scores highly, drives equity returns, not GDP growth.
The Dow Jones index broke through the 15,000 point threshold for the first time ever on Tuesday.