European stocks rise before U.S. payrolls

European shares advanced on Friday trading session extending their largest gain in a seven-week period before a government report showed that employers in the world's largest economy hired more workers than last month. The benchmark index Stoxx Europe 600 increased 0.3% to 323.75 as of 9:53 a.m. London time after it gained 1.5% yesterday on ECB's decision to keep interest rates low.