Banks lead European shares lower
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European shares fell on Friday as weakness for banks followed results from Swedbank and news of a US acquisition by Spain's BBVA.
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European shares slid on Wednesday, with London hit by a gloomy update from retail darling Marks & Spencer, and after heavy overnight US losses sparked by fresh housing strains.
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European equity markets were choppy in the face of deepening US recession fears, with banking stocks providing the biggest drag.
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European equities edged lower on Friday as oil companies fell after a drop in crude prices overnight, with pressure also on financial stocks.
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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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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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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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Wary investors sent stocks lower Thursday after a pair of European central banks raised interest rates, increasing expectations on Wall Street that the Federal Reserve would follow suit next week.
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Stock markets took another hit on Wednesday as European equities moved lower, after indices plunged across Asia and in the US.
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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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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 stocks dip as credit jitters re-emerge ahead of US data and Chinese banks reveal their sub-prime exposure.
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Weak investment banking stocks weighed on European equity markets on Tuesday amid concerns about the sector&#39;s exposure to the troubled US housing market.
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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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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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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 shares open lower, after Wednesday's dips in New York caused by more credit fears.