| European shares rose on Monday morning, with miners fronting the gains as commodity futures advanced in electronic trading. Rio Tinto (UK:RIO 2,398, 0.00, 0.00%) (RTP 159.25, +5.39, +3.50%) shares climbed 2.1% and Xstrata (UK:XTA 834.50, 0.00, 0.00%) shares rose 3.5%. Of companies updating investors, shares of oil and gas services firm Petrofac (UK:PFC 943.00, 0.00, 0.00%) advanced 2.6% after the firm reported higher first-half profit. The U.K. FTSE 100 index climbed 0.5% to 4,783.62 and the French CAC-40 index advanced 0.2% to 3,622.84. |
