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Last Update: 6:30 PM EDT April 23 2008

European markets edged higher after a rise in metals and energy stocks. Infineon Technologies reported second quarter loss surged to 1.37 billion from 11 million euros after it wrote down the memory chip business that trades separately under the name Qimonda AG. Volkswagen sales rose 1.4% to 27 billion euros and earnings rose 26% to 929 million euro from 740 million euros. Essilor International SA reported first quarter sales rise of 3.6% to 762 million euros.