European stock markets retreat; EADS shares nosedive
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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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Europe's main stock markets fell on Tuesday, retracing some of last week's gains after losses overnight on Wall Street and earlier in Asia, dealers said.
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Leading European stock markets fell in morning trading on Wednesday, but by less than a sharp setback on Tuesday on fears of a US economic slowdown and an overheated stock market in China, dealers said.
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European stocks slipped Monday as profits were taken following last week&#39;s strong gains. Losses were limited by speculation in the retail sector, however, and the FTSE Eurofirst 300 fell 0.2 per cent to 1,622.19.
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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 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 equities fell on Tuesday after losses in US and Asian stock markets, prompted by renewed fears of credit market weakness.
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European equity markets fell on Tuesday with the downward slide led by oil and  gas stocks.
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European stock markets fell back in early trading as high-flying oil prices and jitters about upcoming company results undermined investor sentiment.
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European stocks retreated on Thursday after fourth-quarter results from US bank Merrill Lynch soured sentiment in equity markets.
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European equity markets fell on Thursday, giving back some of the previous session&#39;s  gains, amid renewed concerns about the fallout from the credit crisis on the banking sector.
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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 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 shares fell on Friday as the euro rallied to a 1-1/2-year high, hurting the export reliant car sector, while investor sold off insurers on fading sector consolidation hopes.
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Profit plunged 94 percent at EADS after its main unit, the aircraft maker Airbus, reported its worst year ever.
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Top managers at Airbus parent company EADS knew of delays in aircraft production when they sold their stock options in March, shortly before Airbus shares crashed on a shock announcement, a French daily alleged Tuesday.
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Fitch Ratings on Friday downgraded the European aerospace giant EADS, the parent group of planemaker Airbus, due to "pressure" on its earnings margins and cash flow generation.