Europe close: Stocks jump as ECB delivers 'dovish' end to QE

Stocks bounded higher on Thursday after the European Central Bank surprised markets by signalling that interest rates were very unlikely to head higher before September of 2019. That sent the euro duly lower, boosting shares in the core markets of the single currency bloc in particular. By the end of trading, the benchmark Stoxx 600 had gained 1.23% or 4.79 points to 393.04, alongside gains of 1.68% or 116.52 points to 13,107.10 on the German Dax, while Paris's Cac-40 was sporting gains of 1.39% ...

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