India, May 27 -- European stocks are seen opening mixed on Tuesday, with U.K. markets likely to rise as traders return to their desks from a long holiday weekend.

Futures on the Wall Street maintained gains while Asian markets traded mixed as jitters persist over U.S. tariffs and fiscal deficit.

Investors ignored data that showed China's industrial profits rose at a faster pace in April despite trade tensions and deflationary pressures.

China's central bank has asked its major lenders to raise the share of yuan when facilitating cross-border trade, Bloomberg News reported, citing people familiar with the matter.

Elsewhere, Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda gave the yen a boost by saying the central bank is still eyeing more rate hikes, ...