Banking woes weigh on Europe's shares
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European stocks lost steam on Wednesday ahead of a US interest rate decision with banks and oil stocks leading the slide after Swiss investment banking giant UBS (NYSE:UBS) shocked investors with a $4bn writedown.
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A solid run of gains for European stocks juddered to a halt Friday as the problems at UK mortgage lender Northern Rock undermined confidence in the wider European banking sector.
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Europe's main equity markets slid on Wednesday after earlier losses in Japan, with the banking sector in focus following downbeat guidance from US investment titan Goldman Sachs, analysts said.
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Europe's main stock exchanges slid on Tuesday, with London dragged downwards by a weak trading update from retailer Tesco, and as investors awaited fresh US earnings news.
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European stocks, which have performed strongly recently, have fallen back sharply in morning trading, with London banking shares undermined by concern about bad debts and French exporters hit by weakness of the dollar.
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Stocks looked set to follow European  and Asian markets lower on Wednesday after a British lender  took a write-down and an arm of KKR private equity group said  it had to delay debt repayments, sparking new worries for  financial shares.
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European shares edged lower on Friday surrendering early gains after taking a battering in the previous session, with the market treading water ahead of key inflation data from the US.
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Shares in banks fall throughout Europe as savers withdraw money from British lender Northern Rock.
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European equity markets turned sharply lower on Friday, with banks struggling in the wake of further unsettling writedowns related to the credit squeeze.
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European equity markets fell on Thursday, surrendering some of the previous session&#39;s gains, amid ongoing concerns about the fallout from the credit crisis on the banking sector.
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Shares in European travel-related firms and reinsurers fall as investors worry about the impact of Asia's earthquake disaster.
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European stock markets mostly fell on Tuesday, with London financial shares hit by vague market rumours that a large hedge fund had run into trouble, dealers said.
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European shares sank on Friday, weighed by Wall Street's lower close and new interest rate concerns, but pleasing numbers from Richemont and ThyssenKrupp helped limit market losses.
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European bourses slid lower on Tuesday as heavily-weighted oil stocks fell after mild US weather forced a drop in crude prices, while profits were taken in banking stocks after the markets good run.
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European and Asian stock markets fell heavily on Thursday, even after Wall Street had ended higher as major central banks sought to soothe a global credit squeeze caused by the US home-loan collapse.
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European shares sank on Friday, weighed  by Wall Street's lower close and new interest rate concerns,  but pleasing numbers from Richemont and ThyssenKrupp helped  limit market losses.
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Fears of a US slowdown amid mortgage market woes prompt a share slump in Europe and Asia and jitters on Wall Street.