EUROPEAN STOCK FUTURES EDGE HIGHER; HIGH CRUDE PRICES TO BOOST ENERGY SECTOR

European stock markets are expected to open just higher Tuesday, helped by strength in the heavyweight energy sector, but gains are likely to be restrained following the previous session’s broad selloff on Wall Street.

At 2:05 AM ET (0605 GMT), the DAX Futures contract in Germany traded 0.1% higher, CAC 40 Futures in France climbed 0.2% and the FTSE 100 Futures contract in the U.K. rose 0.3%.

By 2 AM ET, U.S Crude futures traded 0.1% higher at $77.64 a barrel, while the Brent contract rose 0.1% to $81.30. Both contracts gained well over 2% on Monday, with WTI hitting a seven-year high and Brent reaching a three-year peak.

The FTSE MIB climbed Up by 0.44% to 25,572.20. In the cash markets, the DAX Germany was trading Down 0.02% to 15,034.65. CAC 40 in France rose by 0.24% to 6,494.37 while the FTSE 100 in the U.K. were up by 0.53% to 7,049.35. ,at the time of writing.

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