By Simon Kennedy
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- European shares rose in early trading Friday, following gains for Asian markets after the Group of Seven major industrial nations agreed to intervene in currency markets and as officials in Japan said they're making progress with restoring power to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. Among stocks on the move, shares in Siemens (DE:SIE 92.39, +2.89, +3.23%) climbed 2.2% after the company was upgraded to buy from hold at Deutsche Bank. Among the main indexes, the U.K.'s FTSE 100 index (UK:UKX 5,728, +32.03, +0.56%) rose 0.5% to 5,721.83, the French CAC 40 index (FR:PX1 3,813, +27.25, +0.72%) rose 0.8% to 3,815.89 and the German DAX 30 index (DX:DAX 6,694, +37.40, +0.56%) climbed 0.8% to 6,708.77. |
