Oil, Astra Lead European Stocks Down
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European shares retreated on Wednesday as AstraZeneca's business update disappointed investors and on nagging concerns that soaring oil prices will hurt the quality of future earnings.
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European shares edged lower on Tuesday as seven-week high oil prices and a pullback in top UK supermarket Tesco weighed.
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European equities retreated on Tuesday  as oil prices climbed to near $50 a barrel and renewed fears of  a hit on earnings, while British services firm Rentokil  fell 6  percent after a disappointing update.
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Weak energy and banking stocks pushed European shares lower on Thursday, while Air France  shares fell on news it was in tentative merger talks with ailing Italian airline Alitalia .
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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 fell, the yen and dollar  wilted and benchmark government bond yields scraped against  multi-month lows on Thursday as high oil prices continued to  worry global financial markets.
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Stocks ended lower yesterday as a sharp drop in the price of oil knocked down shares of energy-related companies, while the dollar resumed its decline, dropping to new lows against the euro.
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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.
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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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Soci&eacute;t&eacute; G&eacute;n&eacute;rale led European stocks markets lower on Monday after a downgrade by Citigroup (NYSE:C), as losses in Asian markets stoked fears of a recession.
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European equities were lower on Monday as financial stocks slipped on profit taking, offsetting gains for real estate groups and oil companies.
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Europe's main stock markets fell Thursday as investors fretted over the economic outlook amid 100-dollar oil and after heavy losses for equity prices in Asia and on Wall Street overnight.
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Rising oil prices, apprehension over U.S. interest rates and pessimistic corporate outlooks from Unilever and Samsung Electronics pulled European stocks lower Monday.
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European equities fell on Wednesday as falling energy, mining and financial stocks overshadowed a number of positive earnings reports.
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European stock markets dropped in morning deals, with mining and metals stocks among the biggest decliners.
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European shares fell to six-week lows on Monday, taking their cue from the Dow Jones industrial average&#39;s lowest close for the year, with record high crude oil prices and a sliding dollar also weighing on sentiment.
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European stocks dipped on Friday as oil prices hugged 6-week highs, stoking concerns that higher energy costs will squeeze corporate profits, with Germany's Epcos leading the way down after saying it may miss its 2005 sales and earnings targets.