Stocks start 2017 with gains, but many markets stay shut

LONDON (AP) — Global stocks rose on the first day of 2017, though trading volumes were thin as many major markets observed New Year’s holidays.
KEEPING SCORE: Germany’s DAX closed 1 percent higher at 11,598.33 and France’s CAC 40 rose 0.4 percent to 4,882.38. Italy’s FTSE MIB gained 1.7 percent to 19,566.53, though trading was still suspended in the shares of Monte dei Paschi di Siena, the bank that is due to get a government bailout. Britain’s FTSE 100, which