DHAKA: European markets have opened slightly higher, a day after global turmoil saw billions wiped off the value of shares.

After falling 3.5% on Wednesday, London’s benchmark FTSE 100 share index was up 0.5% in the first few minutes of trading, reports the BBC.

Earlier, stocks in Asia had fallen further, with Japan’s leading share index closing down by more than 2%.

Investors remain worried over the continuing slide in oil prices and slowing growth in China.

On Wednesday, global stock markets suffered hefty losses and London’s FTSE 100 entered a ‘bear market’, having fallen 20% from its record high in April last year.

But in the first few minutes of trade on Thursday, the FTSE 100 was up 31.78 points at 5,705.36.

BDST: 1802 HRS, JAN 21, 2016
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