By Simon Kennedy
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- European stock markets rose Tuesday after a broadly positive session for Asian markets, with investors likely to turn their attention to a crucial vote on the Irish budget. Among shares in focus, U.K. retailer Tesco PLC (UK:TSCO 425.30, +5.30, +1.26%) rose 1.6% after reporting an 8.2% rise in total third-quarter sales, while Air France-KLM (FR:AF 14.27, -0.08, -0.52%) gained 0.9% after reporting its traffic figures for November. The U.K.'s FTSE 100 index (UK:UKX 5,780, +10.20, +0.18%) rose 0.3% to 5,785.43, the French CAC 40 index (FR:PX1 3,766, +16.99, +0.45%) rose 0.6% to 3,772.42 and the German DAX 30 index (DX:DAX 6,981, +26.89, +0.39%) grew 0.5% to 6,989.40. |
