By Sarah Turner
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- European shares were in a tight range on Tuesday, with better-than-expected sales figures from British supermarket giant Tesco (UK:TSCO 427.45, +9.60, +2.30%) , up 2%, helping to offset a lackluster start to the U.S. earnings season. Alcoa's results missed expectations late Monday and miners were lower in Europe on Tuesday, with Vedanta Resources (UK:VED 2,772, -64.00, -2.26%) down 1.1%. Overall, the U.K. FTSE 100 index traded flat at 5,536.64, the German DAX index lost 0.1% at 6,038.56 and the French CAC-40 index was steady at 4,041.12. |
