LONDON, Jumada I 10, 1438, February 07, 2017, SPA -- European shares rose on Tuesday pushing the benchmark STOXX 600 back slightly into positive territory for the year with some encouraging company updates and gains in healthcare stocks helping to counter weakness in oil majors and eurozone banks, Reuters reported. Chipmaker AMS rose 13.6 percent, poised for its best-ever day following results while food-processing machinery maker GEA was up 5.5 percent after a setting a brighter outlook for its profits. The pan-European STOXX 600 index rose 0.2 percent with bluechip healthcare stocks, industrials and mining stocks underpinning gains. Chipmaker AMS shares surged more than 16 percent and were on track for their best day in nearly 13 years after the company's fourth-quarter revenue came in at the top end of the chipmaker's expectations. Among sector movers, the European mining index rose 0.9 percent, the best performer in STOXX 600 index, helped by a rise in base and precious metals miners. On the flipside, shares of BP fell 2.5 percent, the biggest drags on the STOXX 600 after the company missed estimates. French banks, among the best performers across European financials in 2016, fell after BNP Paribas reported results below forecasts. --SPA 13:28 LOCAL TIME 10:28 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w327314