05-05-2016 15:01 via news.yahoo.com

Europe shares, oil snap four-day losing streaks

By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) - European stocks and oil prices snapped a four-day losing streak and a rally in bond markets fizzled out on Thursday, as investors began to position themselves for U.S. jobs data. The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index, which had fallen 1.2 percent to its lowest level in nearly a month in the previous session, rebounded 0.2 percent as firmer oil prices helped the region's big producers. Wall Street was expected to start modestly higher too though trading was like
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