European Stocks Advance; Stoxx 600 Index Increases 0.2 Percent

By Andrew Rummer

Feb. 2 (Bloomberg) -- European stocks advanced for a third day, the longest stretch of gains in three weeks, as basic- resources producers climbed.

The Dow Jones Stoxx 600 Index added 0.2 percent to 249 at 9:49 a.m. in London, having previously dropped as much as 0.5 pecent.