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European equities have outperformed U.S. stocks by the widest margin since 2000 amid optimism about a stabilizing economy, and the prospect of increased fiscal stimulus and an end to war in Ukraine.

For the past 15 years or so, the US S&P 500 has thrashed the UK's FTSE 100. Remarkably, this trend has suddenly reversed in ...