European Stocks Advance; HSBC, BNP Paribas, Rio Tinto Increase

and U.S. index futures were little changed. Banking shares gained 1.7 percent as a group after Citigroup Inc. raised its recommendation on the sector to ���overweight.��� HSBC Holdings Plc climbed 1.1 percent and BNP Paribas SA jumped 2.1 percent. BHP...