India, May 20 -- European shares inched higher on Tuesday as investors watched the latest developments on the trade front and reacted to widely expected rate cuts in China to stimulate consumption and loan growth.
The pan European STOXX 600 rose 0.4 percent to 552.03 after gaining 0.1 percent in the previous session.
The German DAX inched up 0.1 percent, France's CAC 40 added 0.2 percent and the U.K.'s FTSE 100 advanced half a percent.
British engineering firm Senior Plc rose nearly 2 percent after securing two new contracts valued at about €200 million.
Diploma Plc shares soared 17 percent. The technical products and service distributor raised its full-year organic revenue growth forecast after reporting robust half-year financia...