European stocks held steady on Friday, with optimism over a debt deal in the U.S. and encouraging retail sales data from the U.K. helping underpin investor sentiment to some extent.
Reports suggested earlier in the day that U.S. lawmakers are inching closer to an agreement that would raise the debt limit for about two years and cap federal spending at the same level as fiscal 2023 for two years.
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