<p>A spate of dealmaking activity lifted European stocks in early trade on Monday along with an upbeat global mood on positive updates of US President Donald Trump's health.</p>.<p>The pan-European STOXX 600 index rose 0.7% by 0717 GMT, adding to a near-2% gain last week.</p>.<p>Oil majors Royal Dutch Shell, BP and Total gained nearly 2%, with crude prices climbing after an easing of the worst fears about Trump's health condition and an expanding workers' strike in Norway, Western Europe's largest oil producer.</p>.<p>Spanish bank Unicaja gained 6.0% after a source told Reuters that it and Liberbank were holding informal talks about a potential tie-up to create the country's fifth-biggest lender.</p>.<p>German fertiliser group K+S jumped 13.5% after Bloomberg reported it was in advanced talks to sell its Morton Salt unit to Kissner Group for about $3 billion.</p>.<p>Dufry surged 12.2% after it revealed that China's Alibaba planned to acquire a stake of up to 9.99% in the Swiss duty free group.</p>.<p>UK's Weir Group Plc rose 17.7% to the top of STOXX 600 as it had agreed to sell its oil and gas division to US heavy equipment maker Caterpillar for $405 million.</p>
<p>A spate of dealmaking activity lifted European stocks in early trade on Monday along with an upbeat global mood on positive updates of US President Donald Trump's health.</p>.<p>The pan-European STOXX 600 index rose 0.7% by 0717 GMT, adding to a near-2% gain last week.</p>.<p>Oil majors Royal Dutch Shell, BP and Total gained nearly 2%, with crude prices climbing after an easing of the worst fears about Trump's health condition and an expanding workers' strike in Norway, Western Europe's largest oil producer.</p>.<p>Spanish bank Unicaja gained 6.0% after a source told Reuters that it and Liberbank were holding informal talks about a potential tie-up to create the country's fifth-biggest lender.</p>.<p>German fertiliser group K+S jumped 13.5% after Bloomberg reported it was in advanced talks to sell its Morton Salt unit to Kissner Group for about $3 billion.</p>.<p>Dufry surged 12.2% after it revealed that China's Alibaba planned to acquire a stake of up to 9.99% in the Swiss duty free group.</p>.<p>UK's Weir Group Plc rose 17.7% to the top of STOXX 600 as it had agreed to sell its oil and gas division to US heavy equipment maker Caterpillar for $405 million.</p>