European ETFs Gain (BP, FEU, EKH, EWU)

Shares of UK-traded stocks surged Tuesday. The FTSE 100 traded higher by over 2.9% in London, after a slightly down day yesterday, when trading in the U.S. was closed for the holiday. Among stocks trading higher in the session was BP (

), up about 6.6 percent. According to

also seeing the impact of the FTSE’s strong day: the iShares MSCI United Kingdom Index Fund (

) trading higher by 1.9%. The SPDR STOXX Europe 50 fund (

) is trading higher by over 3.4%, while the Europe 2001 HOLDRS (

) is trading unchanged.