European equity bourses are maintaining opening gains but off their best levels ahead of the Wall Street open. Oil and mining stocks are leading the charge higher on back of gains in underlying commodity markets, with move supported by the 4 trillion yuan ($586 billion) stimulus package announced by the Chinese government over the weekend. CAC-40 is up 86pts (+2.47%), Xetra-DAX is up 110pts (+2.22%) and FTSE-100 is up 102pts (+2.33%).