By Sarah Turner
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- European shares rose in early trading on Monday, with miners and industrial firms, which are leveraged to economic growth, in the lead. Shares of mining giant Xstrata (UK:XTA 1,000, 0.00, 0.00%) rose 2.8% and shares of industrial group Siemens (DE:SIE 74.41, 0.00, 0.00%) climbed 2.2%. Following deal news, French bank Societe Generale (FR:GLE 33.73, +1.03, +3.13%) rose 3.2% and insurance giant Axa (FR:CS 13.12, +0.38, +2.94%) advanced 2.1%. The U.K. FTSE 100 index rose 0.9% to 5,211.18, the German DAX index advanced 1.1% to 6,116.52 and the French CAC-40 index advanced 1.1% to 3,593.85. |
