ed on Tuesday, Reuters reported. Germany's DAX also hit a fresh all-time peak before reversing course to trade 0.1 percent lower. The pan-European STOXX 600 index was down 0.3 percent. The FTSE 100 index rose 0.5 percent, however, buoyed by a near 4 percent rise in Vodafone as investors overlooked its 6.1 billion euro ($6.7 bln) net loss for the year through March and focused instead on its forecast for earnings growth in the current year. Vodafone lifted Europe's telecoms sector, which is up 4.8 percent so far this year but remains among the weakest sectoral performers, and has underperformed a 9.6 percent gain in the broader STOXX 600 index.
