Germany\'s ZEW December economic sentiment index Tuesday rose to 15.7 from the prior month\'s 7.4 figure, and was sharply higher than expectations for 6.5 reading. The current conditions index in December was -93.1 from the prior month\'s -91.4

<div class=\"default-font-wrapper\" style=\"line-height: 1;font-size: 12pt; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;\">Germany\'s ZEW December economic sentiment index Tuesday rose to 15.7 from the prior month\'s 7.4 figure, and was sharply higher than expectations for 6.5 reading.  The current conditions index in December was -93.1 from the prior month\'s -91.4</div>