European Stocks Jump to Highest Since ’08; Aberdeen, Sonova Rise

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European shares rose to their highest level in more than five years before a publication of Federal Open Market Committee minutes later this week.

Aberdeen Asset Management Plc jumped 15 percent after Lloyds Banking Group Plc agreed to sell its Scottish Widows Investment Partnership division to the money manager. Sonova Holding AG rose 5.4 percent as the world’s largest hearing-aid maker raised its full-year forecast and said first-half revenue beat analyst estimates. Petrofac Ltd. plunged 17 percent.