European Stocks snapped a three-day losing streak and bounces from one-month lows on Thursday, for equities improved by Positive signs of progress to end the US fiscal stalemate and avert a possible debt default.
US Republicans were considering a short-term hike in the government's borrowing authority to buy time for talks on broader policy issues, a Republican leadership aide.
House Republican leaders will visit the White House on Thursday as the search intensifies for a way to break the impasse. U.S. President Barack Obama has said he would accept a short-term ceiling increase as long as no strings were attached.
The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index was up 0.4% at 1,230.01 points after closing 0.5% lower in the previous session, when it touched a one-month intra-day low. The index is up 8 % so far this year.
Germany's top index on course for another record high as the economic outlook improves.
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