European stocks edged higher on Monday, October 15, after better-than-expected U.S. retail sales and hopes that Spain is going to request a sovereign bailout soon The Stoxx Europe 600 Index rose 0.51 per cent to 270.80. Germany's DAX Index edged higher 0.40 per cent to 7,261.25 and France's CAC 40 Index jumped 0.92 per cent to 3,420.28.