London stocks climbed at the open Wednesday as the FTSE resumed trading after a long holiday weekend, while eurozone equities dipped.

The benchmark FTSE 100 index climbed 0.9 percent to 7,437.55 points, mirroring solid gains for European indices on Tuesday.

At the open Wednesday, Frankfurt's DAX index fell 0.2 percent to 15,926.24 points and the Paris CAC 40 eased 0.1 percent to 7,176.32.