Financial spreadbetters expected Britain's FTSE 100 to open 10 to 15 points higher, or as much as 0.3 percent, Germany's DAX to open 27 to 37 points higher, or as much as 0.5 percent, and France's CAC-40 to open 11 to 14 points higher, or as much as 0.4 percent.
China's official Purchasing Managers' Index surged to an 11-month high of 53.1 in March, up from February's 51 easily beating forecasts of 50.5.
"The figure was in stark contrast to the unofficial HSBC Chinese PMI print of 48.1 just over a week ago and may somewhat ease some market concerns about the extent of China's slowing economy," IG Markets analyst Cameron Peacock wrote in a note.
France's Total will be in the spotlight again on Monday, as the company struggles to stop a massive gas leak in the North Sea. On Saturday, Total confirmed that a gas flare, lit during the evacuation to burn off excess gas, had gone out, reducing the threat of an explosion.
European share prices snapped a three-day losing run on Friday to end the first quarter with a gain of 6.8 percent, the biggest first-quarter gain since 2006, after euro zone finance ministers agreed to boost rescue funds for the member nations.
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