Investing.com – European stocks ended higher on Monday, as a decline in mining stocks was offset by gains in the financial and automaker sector, amid expectations of further monetary easing by the Federal Reserve.
At the close of European trade, the EURO STOXX 50 was up 0.15%; France’s CAC 40 increased 0.07%, while Germany's DAX gained 0.26%.
Financial sector stocks outperformed, with banks ending higher as French-based financial service provider AXA rose 0.67%, Dutch insurers ING Groep gained 0.31%, while stocks of Lloyd’s Banking Group increased 0.40%.
Elsewhere, automakers were higher, as Volkswagen VZ saw its shares climb 1.29% after the German automaker said it planned to increase production at its German factories. Meanwhile, shares in rivals Daimler AG jumped 1.06%, while French automaker Renault SA gained 0.61%.
Meanwhile, shares in Nokia surged 1.55%, after the Finnish cell-phone manufacturer said it started shipment of its flagship C7 phone, its second smartphone based on the Symbian platform.
In London, the commodity heavy FTSE 100 was up 0.19% as financial sector stocks outperformed slumping commodity-linked shares.
Shares in financial service provider Man Group Plc. soared 2.56%, rivals Investec Plc. gained 0.69%, while stocks in HSBC Holdings rose 0.52%.
Meanwhile, shares in the commodity sector declined as metal and crude oil prices retreated. Shares in miners Rio Tinto fell 1.04%, oil giant British Petroleum saw its shares drop 0.86%, while the world’s largest mining company BHP Billiton declined 0.54%.
Across the Atlantic, U.S. markets were up: the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.09%, the S&P 500 index rose 0.17%, while the Nasdaq Composite index increased 0.24%.
Later in the day, Federal Reserve Open Market Committee member Janet Yellen was to speak at a public engagement in Denver.
At the close of European trade, the EURO STOXX 50 was up 0.15%; France’s CAC 40 increased 0.07%, while Germany's DAX gained 0.26%.
Financial sector stocks outperformed, with banks ending higher as French-based financial service provider AXA rose 0.67%, Dutch insurers ING Groep gained 0.31%, while stocks of Lloyd’s Banking Group increased 0.40%.
Elsewhere, automakers were higher, as Volkswagen VZ saw its shares climb 1.29% after the German automaker said it planned to increase production at its German factories. Meanwhile, shares in rivals Daimler AG jumped 1.06%, while French automaker Renault SA gained 0.61%.
Meanwhile, shares in Nokia surged 1.55%, after the Finnish cell-phone manufacturer said it started shipment of its flagship C7 phone, its second smartphone based on the Symbian platform.
In London, the commodity heavy FTSE 100 was up 0.19% as financial sector stocks outperformed slumping commodity-linked shares.
Shares in financial service provider Man Group Plc. soared 2.56%, rivals Investec Plc. gained 0.69%, while stocks in HSBC Holdings rose 0.52%.
Meanwhile, shares in the commodity sector declined as metal and crude oil prices retreated. Shares in miners Rio Tinto fell 1.04%, oil giant British Petroleum saw its shares drop 0.86%, while the world’s largest mining company BHP Billiton declined 0.54%.
Across the Atlantic, U.S. markets were up: the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.09%, the S&P 500 index rose 0.17%, while the Nasdaq Composite index increased 0.24%.
Later in the day, Federal Reserve Open Market Committee member Janet Yellen was to speak at a public engagement in Denver.