(Reuters) – European shares inched closer to a three-month high on Tuesday on optimism around a post-coronavirus economic recovery, with German stocks buoyed by a jump for Lufthansa.
The pan-European STOXX 600 <.stoxx> rose 1% in early deals to hit its highest level since March 9.
Lufthansa
With traders in Germany returning from a long weekend, Volkswagen
Norway’s Seadrill
Gains across the other markets were tempered by simmering U.S.-China tensions, with Wall Street futures coming under pressure as President Donald Trump vowed to use the military to halt protests over the death of a black man in police custody.
(Reporting by Sruthi Shankar in Bengaluru; Editing by Arun Koyyur)