London - The London stock market opened firmer on Tuesday following a UK public holiday, with the benchmark FTSE 100 index gaining 0.1% to 7 573.15 points.
After Japanese drug giant Takeda agreed a firm deal worth £46bn for Shire, shares in the Irish pharmaceutical company jumped 4.5% to 44.02 on the FTSE 100.
In the eurozone, Frankfurt's DAX 30 fell 0.2% to 12 924.23 points and the Paris CAC 40 lost 0.2% to 5 523.91.
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