India, July 21 -- European stocks closed higher on Tuesday, supported to a large extent by gains in technology and materials sectors, as investors looked ahead to earnings updates from a several big-name companies, and awaited the European Central Bank's monetary policy announcement. Reports about fresh diplomatic efforts to ease Middle East tensions helped keep the mood fairly positive.
The pan European Stoxx 600 closed 0.38% up. The UK's FTSE 100 climbed 0.42%, Germany's DAX settled with a gain of 0.49% and France's CAC 40 edged up 0.1%. Switzerland's SMI moved up 0.31%.
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