Europe stocks edge up ahead of Italy debt auction By: MarketWatch December 29, 2011 at 03:39 AM EST Europe stock markets move higher in thin trading early on Thursday, with all eyes on an Italian auction of long-term paper. Read More >> Related Stocks: BP Plc ADR Ericsson ADR Lloyds Banking Group Plc ADR Royal Bank Scotland Group Plc SAP Ag ADR Sanofi-Aventis S.A. ADR Totalenergies Se ADR