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Equity markets are still hoping for a miracle
Stock markets worldwide shot up yesterday, defying gloomy forecasts. The FTSE jumped 2.87 per cent; the DAX soared by 4.6 per cent; the CAC stormed up 5.46 per cent; and the Dow Jones rose 2.59 per cent, as hopes built that finance ministers or the IMF would somehow save the euro.