Techs Lead European Stocks Slide
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European shares lost nearly 1 percent on  Thursday, tracking Wall Street's fall after disappointing  earnings, while drug maker Novartis fell 1.2 percent on margin  concerns despite bumper forecasts.
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European stock markets retreated on Friday, with shares in aerospace group EADS plunging by more than 2.5 percent after revealing the first-ever operating loss for its troubled Airbus unit.
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European shares eased at the outset on Thursday, tracking losses on Wall Street amid renewed worries about the impact of high oil prices on corporate profits, with autos and technology stocks leading the losers.
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Stocks fell on Thursday, led lower by tech shares as investors worried about the impact of a slowing economy on the outlook for profits.
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European equities fell on Thursday, with banks, utilities and other stocks sensitive to rising interest rates at the forefront of the losses.
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Europe&#39;s main stock markets fell as banking shares slid on speculation that French bank Societe Generale may issue a profit warning because of losses linked to US subprime mortgages.
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European equities fell sharply on Tuesday as profits were taken following seven sessions of gains on the FTSE Eurofirst 300.
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European shares dropped on Friday as  the euro rallied to a 1-1/2-year high, while French energy  services group Technip <TECF.PA) rose on takeover rumors.
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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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Europe&#39;s main stock markets dropped on Wednesday, mirroring losses in Asia, after a weak performance by Wall Street overnight, dealers said.
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European equities fell on Thursday as technology shares lost ground after Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO) in the US warned of weak demand.
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European shares closed lower on Thursday as oil and gas companies weighed down indexes already under pressure from transport stocks such as Air France-KLM.
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Europe&#39;s main stock markets slid on Friday, with British home lender Northern Rock shedding a quarter of its market value after relying on the Bank of England to solve its lack of liquidity.
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Europe&#39;s main stock markets tumbled on Wednesday as dealers priced in an imminent increase in eurozone-wide borrowing costs.
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European stock markets fell on Wednesday on profit-taking after bumper gains made the previous day, and as investors tracked a fresh batch of earnings news, dealers said.
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European equity markets slid sharply on Thursday as investors shrugged off the combined action by central banks to improve liquidity in the global banking system.
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European equity markets were lower on Monday after an initial defensive-led rally petered out and further losses for technology stocks weighed on sentiment.