Tough week for European shares
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European stock markets end the week with the FTSE, Dax and Cac losing 2.6%, 4.6% and 5.0% respectively.
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European equities got off to a slow start on Friday as investors continued to recoil from financial stocks and other risky bets in the wake of US subprime writedowns this week.
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Concern that surging commodities costs  were hurting profit margins at companies such as Electrolux and  in sectors including cars and technology pushed European shares  to two-week lows by midday Thursday.
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Surging oil pressures Bourses, but building materials sector remains a bright spot after Cemex buy. LONDON  - European stock indexes hit a two-week low Monday as record high oil prices heightened
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European stock markets fell strongly in early trading, weighed down by Wall Street's poor end to last week, with pharmaceuticals particularly vulnerable.
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European stock markets suffered sharp  losses on Wednesday, tracking a fall on Wall Street after the  Federal Reserve rekindled interest rate worries, while a  disappointing trading update from British fashion retailer Next  slammed retailers.
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European markets were in a bearish mood on Wednesday after more disappointing results from the banking sector and overnight losses on Wall Street weighed on stocks.
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Europe's main stock markets suffered heavy falls as investors fretted over plummeting share prices in Shanghai, high oil prices and a suicide blast in Afghanistan, dealers said Tuesday.
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Weak insurance and leisure companies  kept a lid on European shares on Monday as investors feared  large damage payouts and a loss of holiday bookings after  tsunami waves killed 22,000 people in Asia at the weekend.
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Europe&#39;s main stock markets wobbled for a second straight trading day on Monday as banking share prices extended heavy losses led by troubled Northern Rock.
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European stocks pared earlier sharp losses on Wednesday as recently sold-down financial stocks continued to find favour partially offsetting losses for oil companies.
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It has been one of those weeks. Every so often, a collective panic breaks out among investors in the world's stock markets, and share prices fall like fragile fences charged down by a herd of frightened animals.
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European equities fell on Monday following a heavy sell-off on Wall Street before the weekend, and as dealers digested the London Stock Exchange&#39;s takeover bid for Borsa Italiana.
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The European banking sector continued to be hammered on Monday. Shares in French, German and Swiss banks were the hardest hit, but even Spanish and Italian institutions with minimal US subprime exposure could not escape.
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European equities fell on Thursday as investors considered the impact of near-term eurozone interest rate increases and mulled a mixed set of corporate earnings.
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Europe's main stock markets began the week strongly, with Frankfurt's DAX 30 back above 7,000 points at the half-way stage Monday, after shrugging off a rally in oil prices.
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European stocks were headed for a weaker start on Friday, with profit taking likely to be the focus after a lacklustre session on Wall Street and few corporate earnings to drive the market.