European stocks hold firm near record highs By Reuters – Investing.com

European stocks hold firm near record highs By Reuters – Investing.com

(Reuters) - European stocks inched higher on Monday, holding below record highs scaled earlier this month, as hopes that continued central bank support would sustain an economic recovery offset woes around the Delta variant of the coronavirus.

UK markets were closed for a bank holiday, while and 40 were flat in early deals.

The Europe-wide rose 0.1%. The index was on course to end August with a more than 2% rise - its seventh straight month of gains in what would be its longest such winning run in over eight years.