(Reuters) - European shares opened higher on Wednesday, with mining stocks leading gains on higher metal prices, while Swiss drugmaker Roche lifted ...
- European shares opened higher on Wednesday, with mining stocks leading gains on higher metal prices, while Swiss drugmaker Roche lifted healthcare stocks.Mining stocks added 0.9% as prices of most base metals trended up. [MET/L]
Roche jumped 3.1% after the Swiss drugmaker said it had been made aware of an inadvertent disclosure in a study of its new immunotherapy for patients with lung cancer using an experimental class of drugs known as anti-TIGIT.Investors will be eyeing euro zone Purchasing Managers' Index data for the month of August, due later in the day, to assess the state of the continental economy.Among individual stocks, Societe Generale rose 2.
Orsted added 1.6% after the U.S. Interior Department approved the construction of a 704 megawatt wind farm off the coast of Rhode Island, which is owned by the renewable energy group.
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