DAVID HAFFENREFFER, CNN ANCHOR: European bourses are trading for the most part on the up side. We do have the FT-100 Index higher, any way.</s>DEBORAH MARCHINI, CNN ANCHOR: And oil prices are continuing to climb. The latest from Todd Benjamin now in our London bureau -- Todd.</s>TODD BENJAMIN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Dave and Deb. London really is the bright star, this morning. It's up one percent. It's really being supported by higher oil prices and oil stocks, like BP Amoco, which is up three percent. Now, it was up more earlier, but nevertheless it's a very solid performance from BP Amoco, which has a very heavy weighting in the index. Shell is up 1.7 percent; again, it's off its highs but it's another support for the FT-100. In Paris, staying with oil, Elf is up 1 1/2 percent. In terms of oil itself, oil is up 12 cents at $27. Rather, make that 15 cents, now, at $27.28 a barrel, and of course that's Brent crude trading here in London. As I mentioned, the FTSE-100 in London is up one percent, but in Frankfurt the Dax is actually down by about a quarter percent, and Paris is off more than a half percent. And the Swiss market is flat. In the currency market, this morning, the dollar is about a quarter-cent -- quarter-yen, rather, stronger against the Japanese currency. The euro is little changed, and the pound is more than a third-cent weaker. Back to you in New York.</s>MARCHINI: All right, thanks a lot, Todd.
Oil Prices, Stocks Support FTSE Gains as Rest of Europe Struggles