UPDATE 1-China stimulus hopes, chip stocks push European shares higher <!-- no image --> <div>* Chip stocks gain after solid results from U.S. counterparts<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=DQc_Fc99JHI:zFKkUCOHGbg:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=DQc_Fc99JHI:zFKkUCOHGbg:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=DQc_Fc99JHI:zFKkUCOHGbg:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=DQc_Fc99JHI:zFKkUCOHGbg:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=DQc_Fc99JHI:zFKkUCOHGbg:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/DQc_Fc99JHI" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters