By Simon Kennedy
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- European stock markets held broadly steady in early trading Tuesday, with Philips Electronics (NL:PHIA 23.60, -0.48, -1.97%) coming under pressure after it set out its five-year growth plan. Shares in Philips lost 2.4% in Amsterdam, while Suez Environnement (FR:SEV 13.54, +0.26, +1.92%) gained 2.5% in Paris after it was upgraded to overweight from equalweight by Morgan Stanley. Among the major indexes, the U.K. FTSE 100 index (UK:UKX 5,565, -0.60, -0.01%) rose 0.02% to 5,566.70 and the French CAC 40 index (FR:PX1 3,766, -1.10, -0.03%) added 0.1% at 3,769.08. The German DAX 30 index (DX:DAX 6,261, -0.84, -0.01%) rose 0.03% to 6,263.75. |
