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European Stocks Rise as Finance Minsters Meet in Brussels

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European stocks climbed to a one-week high as euro-area finance ministers met for the first time this year to address the region’s debt crisis. U.S. index futures advanced.

Admiral Group Plc rallied 4.9 percent to the highest since April as Goldman Sachs Group Inc. recommended the U.K. auto insurer. Novozymes A/S jumped 7 percent after earnings beat analyst estimates. Cie. Financiere Richemont SA tumbled the most in seven months after the world’s second-largest maker of luxury goods reported sales that missed projections.