Shares of luxury retailers LVMH LVMH.PA and Richemont CFR.S, which rely on China for a major part of their revenue, rose 1.4% and 2.7%, respectively. The continent-wide STOXX 600 index .STOXX was up 0.9%, as of 0714 GMT, rising for a third straight session amid easing concerns about aggressive central bank policy moves to tame red-hot inflation. Europe's oil & gas .SXEP and mining stocks .SXPP gained 1.9% and 3.2%, respectively, as commodity prices rallied on hopes of resurgent demand from China, the world's second-biggest economy and top metals consumer.