The European markets rose for the first time in four days on Monday, as mining and energy stocks advanced after metals and crude oil prices rebounded.
The index for Eurozone investor sentiment for February plunged to minus 8.2 from January's minus 3.7, the Sentix research group said. Economists were looking for an improvement in the reading to minus 2.7.
Crude for March delivery rose $0.75 to $71.94 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, by the time the European markets closed.
The FTSEurofirst 300 index of pan-European blue chips closed 0.74% higher at 979.33 points, while the narrower DJ Stoss 50 index rose 1.07% to 2,398.57 points.
Around Europe, the U.K.'s FTSE 100 index rose 0.62% to 5,092.33, while France's CAC 40 index climbed 1.22% to 3,607.27 and Germany's DAX index 0.93% to 5,484.85.
Mining stocks rallied after metals prices advanced. BHP Billiton, the world's biggest miner, rose 1.8%, while Anglo American, the second biggest, surged up 2.3% and Rio Tinto, the second biggest, added 1%.
Xstrata, the world's fourth biggest copper producer, climbed 3.4% after the company reinstated its dividend payments, stating that robust economic growth and demand for commodities from industrializing nations is likely to continue.
Heavily weighted oil stocks also edged higher after crude oil prices rose. BP, Europe's biggest oil company, added 0.5%, while Royal/Dutch Shell, the second biggest, surged up 1.2% and Total, the third biggest, climbed 1.9%.
Food and beverage stocks were also in demand. Nestle, the world's largest food company, rose 2.2% and SABMiller, the world's second largest brewer, surged up 3%.
Dexia climbed 4.7% after the company agreed last weekwith the European Union's antitrust authority to sell municipal-lending units in Italy and Spain, its Slovak consumer-banking division and its Turkish insurance business to gain approval of the taxpayer-funded bailout.
British power generation company International Power rose 2.1% after the Independent reported that GDF Suez may revise an offer for the International Power after talks collapsed last month.
On the other hand, SAP, the world's largest maker of business management software, fell 2.5% after the company's chief executive officer Leo Apotheker unexpectedly resigned.
Metso, the world's biggest maker of paper machines and rock crushers, slid 8.9% after the company reported fourth quarter profit that missed analysts' estimate.
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