LONDON, Jan 15: European equities rose on Monday, with British industrial firm Smiths Group rocketing on the cash sale of its aerospace unit to General Electric for $4.8 billionn (3.7 billion euros). London's FTSE 100 index of leading shares advanced 0.55 per cent to 6,273.40 points, in Frankfurt the DAX 30 index added 0.50 per cent to 6,738.76 and in Paris, the CAC 40 index won 0.35 per cent to 5,637.52 points.—AFP