European stocks inched higher on Tuesday, according to Reuters. The pan-European STOXX 600 index was up 1.1% at 0706 GMT, with real estate stocks, utilities and telecoms usually considered stable during heightened volatility adding between 0.9% and 1.5%. Still, the benchmark index was set to end its worst quarter since 2002, with investor confidence far from stable amid a rout that erased more than $3 trillion from the value of European firms in just over a month.