RTRS: Europe shares close higher, led by oils, banks
LONDON, Nov 14 (Reuters) - European stocks closed higher on Friday as oil shares powered ahead, but the day's rally lost some steam in late trade as poor economic data drove Wall Street lower.
The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index unofficially ended 1 percent higher at 860.76 points, off a day's high of 879.19.
Oil shares led the advance, with BP (BP.L: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz), Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) and Total (TOTF.PA: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) up between 3.2 and 3.6 percent.
Across Europe, the FTSE 100 .FTSE added 1.5 percent, Germany's DAX GDAXI rose 1.3 percent and France's CAC .FCHI rose 0.7 percent.
Among the top percentage gainers, shares in French oil services Technip (TECF.PA: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) gained 11.3 percent, one day after the company posted better-than-expected quarterly profits, but cut its 2008 revenue forecast.
