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Last Update: 2:18 PM EST March 13 2006

Euroean maarkets advance as merger related news put several stocks in the UK and Germany on the higher grounds. Nasdaq bid for LISE lifted stocks of other exchanges on the continet with LSE stock jumping up 30%. German Schering jumped 26% on bid from Merck KGaA. Sanofi and Astra-Zeneca rose more than 2% each. South Africa closed up 1.03% but nine markets in western Europe rose above 0.5% led by 0.87% rise in German index.