By Simon Kennedy
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- European stock markets held to a tight range in early trading Tuesday as investors remained on the sidelines after six consecutive winning sessions. Among stocks in focus, shares in Xstrata PLC (UK:XTA 1,475, +13.50, +0.92%) rose 1% after the mining company was upgraded to buy from neutral at UBS. Among the main indexes, the U.K.'s FTSE 100 index (UK:UKX 5,861, -0.09, -.00%) was broadly flat at 5,860.61, the French CAC 40 index (FR:PX1 3,896, +3.78, +0.10%) rose 0.1% to 3,895.97 and the German DAX 30 index slipped 0.03% to 7,027.59. |
