European stock markets are trading higher on Friday. Europe's leading Blue-chip index, EURO STOXX 50 rose 32.01 points or 0.99 percent to trade at 3,256.97.

UK's benchmark index FTSE 100 rose 41.66 points or 0.65 percent to trade at 6,416.48. Germany's benchmark index DAX gained 107.68 points or 1.08 percent to trade at 10,100.75.

Meanwhile, French benchmark index CAC 40 rose 46.01 points or 0.98 percent to trade at 4,721.92.

On Thursday, European stock markets settled higher. FTSE 100 gained 38.47 points or 0.6 percent to close at 6,374.82. DAX went up 22.67 points or 0.23 percent to end at 9,993.07. CAC 40 rose 8.57 points or 0.18 percent to end at 4,675.91.