By Sarah Turner
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- European shares moved off early lows on Friday morning, with metal stocks and telecoms helping the advance. Shares of Rio Tinto (UK:RIO 2,900, +88.00, +3.13%) rose 3.3% in the mining sector while shares of Dutch telecom KPN (NL:KPN 10.46, +0.30, +2.95%) climbed 3%. The French CAC-40 index rose 0.3% to 3,440.90, the U.K. FTSE 100 index traded flat at 5,074.17 while the German DAX index declined 0.4% to 5,845.65.
