Weak drugs stocks seen driving Europe lower
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Equity markets in Europe were expected to open little changed on Monday, with weakness for drugs stocks likely to dent enthusiasm after downgrades for AstraZeneca following the failure of its Iressa drug, announced on Friday.
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European equities were fractionally lower on Friday, mirroring Wall Street's cautious session ahead of the monthly US employment report, published later.
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A slew of dismal earnings results drove European equity markets sharply lower on Thursday as fears grew of a global economic slowdown.
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European equities slid to a 13-month low on Friday after a volatile week in which investors fled towards defensive stocks as a slew of broker downgrades put earnings expectations under pressure.
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European stocks were slightly lower by mid-day in holiday-hit trading on Monday, with crude oil rises weighing on shares, though Sanofi-Aventis gained on the result of trials of an anti-obesity drug.
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EUROPEAN stocks ended lower today after a terrorist attack in Saudi Arabia sent crude prices higher and a weak start to trading on Wall Street prompted selling.
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Technology and mining groups led European shares lower on Wednesday, the former soured after U.S. chip group Texas Instruments trimmed its outlook, while the latter was scuppered by a drop in copper prices.
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European stock markets have receded, with French car stocks and energy shares hit by broker downgrades and weak oil prices.
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European stocks were slightly lower by  mid-day in holiday-hit trading on Monday, with crude oil rises  weighing on shares, though Sanofi-Aventis gained on the result  of trials of an anti-obesity drug.
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European shares held steady just below 2-1/2 year highs on Thursday with dealers reluctant to make any big bets on the last full day of trading before the Christmas holiday season.
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Soci&eacute;t&eacute; G&eacute;n&eacute;rale led European stocks markets 2 per cent lower on Monday after a downgrade by Citigroup (NYSE:C), as last week's relief rally gave way to growing recession fears and deepening subprime jitters.
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European equity markets turned lower by mid-afternoon on Monday, subdued by early weakness on Wall Street.
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European equities were a little lower on Friday as the global interest rate backdrop caused concerns.
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European equity markets were expected to open lower on Thursday following a rise in crude prices, with particular focus on technology stocks after downgrades and revenue warnings from US chipmakers overnight.
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Foreign drug stocks were in the spotlight Thursday with Food and Drug Administration news pulling the sector down. AstraZeneca PLC took a drubbing on the eve of its FDA advisory panel meeting for its orally
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European equity markets moved lower on Thursday as investors remained cautious in the face of record oil prices and slowing economic growth.
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U.S. stock futures pointed to a  slightly lower open on Tuesday as investors take a step back  after last week's three-day rally, with shares of drug maker  Merck & Co. MRK.N under pressure as regulators step up  investigations into the company's withdrawal of its pain  reliever, Vioxx.