Financial stocks lift European bourses; flash GDP data in focus
The pan-European STOXX 600 inched up 0.2%, hovering near 10-week highs. All regional markets posted gains.UK's FTSE 100 rose 0.1%. Official figures showed British consumer price inflation rose to 10.1% in July, its highest since February 1982, up from an annual rate of 9.4% in June.