European markets mixed; Wall Street reopens

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The pan-European Stoxx 600 was down 0.02 percent at the start of the session with several stocks in red.

Health care stocks were outperforming the other sectors, going up by 0.7 percent. According to Bloomberg, the U.S. company Johnson & Johnson is considering a potential takeover of the Swiss biotech firm Actelion.

U.S. markets will re-open Friday but only for half day, continuing to limit the available amount of liquidity

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