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European shares rose on Monday helped by a bounce in oil prices and fresh dealmaking activity, while a global hacking attack boosted the shares of software security firms.
The pan-European STOXX 600 index rose 0.2 per cent, hovering around its highest levels in 21 months, while Germany's DAX was up 0.3 per cent after hitting a fresh record high. UK's FTSE added 0.3 per cent.
Oil prices jumped after the energy ministers of the world's two biggest producers Saudi Arabia and Russia jointly said that a crude production cut would be extended.
That helped commodity-related stocks with the Basic Resources and Oil indexes up 1 and 0.8 per cent, respectively.
Italian motorway company Atlantia was among the top gainers in Europe, up 3 per cent, after it launched a 16 billion euro bid for Spanish rival Abertis, whose share were little changed.
London-listed shares in cloud network security firm Sophos jumped as much as 3.6 per cent to a record high, as cybersecurity stocks were in demand after a global “ransomware" attack disrupted car factories, hospitals, shops and schools around the world.
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