month high after Canada's National Post newspaper reported Canadian mutual fund manager CI Financial was was eying a purchase of Amvescap for about C$7 billion. Amvescap could not immediately be reached. Italian insurer Toro climbed 3.9 percent on talk it could forge a cross-selling deal with a banking partner, after peer Fondiaria-SAI said it was in talks with Banca Popolare di Milano. MAN added 2.5 percent after the industrial group pulled out of talks to buy diesel-engine maker MTU Friedrichshafen.