European stocks
climbed on Tuesday after investors anticipated sales from Alcoa Inc. which
reported higher than expected results. French shares including those for luxury
goods rallied after Fitch said it is not planning to downgrade France this
year. Stoxx Europe 600 index rose 1.8% to 250.82, French CAC 40 index
rocketed 2.7% while UK's FTSE 100 index and German DAX gained 1.5%
and 2.4% closing at 5,696.70 and 6,162.98 respectively.