By Barbara Kollmeyer
MADRID (MarketWatch) -- European stocks were reversing direction in afternoon trade, with indexes retracing gains or turning negative. Oil and mining stocks continued to support the market, after upbeat data from China pushed oil and gold futures higher. The Europe Stoxx 600 index (ST:SXXP 260.32, +0.60, +0.23%) rose 0.1% to 259.86, the FTSE 100 (UK:UKX 5,599, +50.24, +0.91%) rose 0.6% to 5,584.59, the French CAC-40 and the German DAX 30 index (DX:DAX 6,264, +34.53, +0.55%) rose 0.2% to 6,244.31. |
