European shares steadied in early trading on Monday after steep losses in the previous week, with some encouraging company updates and stronger mining stocks underpinning the market, Reuters reported. Miners were in demand after aluminium prices rose 0.7 percent and copper trimmed losses. The STOXX Europe 600 Basic Resources index - which houses major mining stocks - advanced 1 percent, the top sectoral gainer. By 0814 GMT, the pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index was flat in percentage terms at 1,283.17 points, after falling 4.8 percent last week. The broader STOXX Europe 600 index was also flat.
