MW: European shares rise, oil producers, mineral extractors up
Every sector in the Stoxx 600 traded higher on Friday, with sharp gains from oil producers and mineral extractors helping shares recoup some of this week's hefty losses. Top advancers included French oil producer Total , up 1.8%, and mineral extractor BHP Billiton [s; bhp], up 3.4%. In the battered financial sector, shares of Allied Irish Banks fell 10.8% following news that Anglo Irish Bank is to be nationalized. The Stoxx 600 index rose 1.8% to 194.62, the U.K. FTSE 100 index climbed 1.3% to 4,173.25 and the French CAC-40 index rose 1.8% to 3,047.88.
