OREANDA-NEWS. February 11, 2015. Europe's main stock markets closed mostly higher on Tuesday, although London's FTSE 100 slid 0.12 percent to 6,829.12 points as mining stocks took a hit.

Frankfurt's DAX 30 index climbed 0.85 percent to 10,753.83 points, and in Paris the CAC 40 rose 0.96 percent to 4,695.65 points on hopes of a compromise between Athens and the EU on Greece's rescue programme.