Zodiac Aerospace, which rejected an approach from jet - engine-maker Safran last month, rallied 14 percent to 49.37 euros, the highest level since October 2007.

That merger made United Technologies, which was already a big engine-maker, a full-service manufacturer that provides everything that goes on an airliner, from tail to nose, except avionics.

Suzuki Motor surged 5.2% after an Asahi Shimbun report that the auto maker planned to shrink auto engine production in Japan and consider use of overseas operations.