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Global Markets Begin Week in Positive Territory

   European markets picked up where Asia left off Monday, with its
   benchmark indexes making big gains thanks to investors' continued
   optimism over a post-pandemic recovery.

   Britain's FTSE index is up one percent in midday trading, France's
   CAC-40 index is 0.8% higher, and the DAX index in Frankfurt, Germany
   has gained 0.9%.

   Hours earlier, Japan's benchmark Nikkei index closed 2.2% higher. Hong
   Kong's Hang Seng index ended the day 0.1% higher, while the Shanghai
   Composite was up 1.7%.

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