India, July 29 -- European stocks advanced on Tuesday, with sentiment underpinned by positive earnings news and eased worries of a trade war.

The euro was fragile after the EU-U.S. trade deal met with gloomy reactions from many European leaders.

Investors now await the outcome of U.S.-China talks in Sweden aimed at extending a temporary tariff truce.

The pan European STOXX 600 was up half a percent at 551.49 after falling 0.2 percent on Monday.

The German DAX jumped 1 percent, France's CAC 40 added 0.9 percent and the U.K.'s FTSE 100 was up 0.4 percent.

Swiss technology firm ABB rose about 1 percent after securing orders to support Tata Steel's major decarbonization project at its Port Talbot Steelworks in U.K.

Tobii AB, which develop...