LONDON, Nov 18 (Reuters) - European shares pared losses on Tuesday as firmer oil prices lifted energy stocks and U.S. futures recovered from earlier falls to trade mixed.
By 13:55 GMT, the FTSEurofirst 300 .FTEU3 index of top European shares was down 0.8 percent at 830.64 points, after earlier trading as low as 818.78 points.
Energy stocks were the biggest sectoral gainers on the index after crude oil CLc1 rose 0.9 percent. BG Group (BG.L: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz), Royal Dutch Shell (RDSb.L: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz), BP (BP.L: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz), Total (TOTF.PA: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) and ENI (ENI.MI: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) were up 0.25-2.5 percent.
Futures for the DJ Industrial Average DJc1, the Nasdaq 100 NDC1 were up 0.01 and 0.54 percent respectively, while futures for the S&P 500 index were down 0.45 percent. (Reporting by Joanne Frearson: editing by John Stonestreet) (joanne.frearson@reuters.com; +44 207 542 6437, Reuters Messaging:joanne.frearson.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)
