European stocks struggle to hold gains in cautious trade, focus on US election

European stocks advanced modestly on Tuesday, after rallying sharply the previous day, amid cautious trading with investors focused on US presidential elections. 

Global stocks had their best day in months on Monday after the FBI said it was closing the investigations on Clinton’s private email server.

Europe’s stoxx 600 was trading 0.2% higher at  334 points after surging 1.5% in the previous session. Britain's FTSE 100 was up 0.1% while the rest of regional indexes erased early gains. Germany's DAX was down 0.2%, France’s CAC was down 0.1%. Italy’s FTSE MIB and Spanish Ibex were leading losses down 0.4% and 0.5% respectively.