| LONDON (MarketWatch) -- European stock markets edged up in the final trading session of the week, with retail stocks in focus after trading updates from a couple of the region's big names. Shares in Carrefour (FR:CA 39.05, -1.09, -2.70%) dropped 2.1% in Paris after the group trimmed its guidance for the year. Hennes & Mauritz (SE:HMB 240.70, +0.90, +0.38%) rose 0.7% in early trading after reporting a better-than-expected rise in same-store sales. Among the main indexes, the U.K.'s FTSE 100 index (UK:UKX 5,731, +3.37, +0.06%) was broadly flat at 5,727.69, the French CAC 40 index (FR:PX1 3,826, +6.88, +0.18%) rose 0.2% to 3,825.24 and the German DAX 30 index (DX:DAX 6,477, +21.69, +0.34%) added 0.4% at 6,477.96. |
