Europe turns lower as banks slip
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European stocks edged lower on Thursday as financial stocks sagged, but with the closure of US and Tokyo markets for public holidays, trade was thin and lacked direction.
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European stock markets were seen opening lower on Thursday following overnight losses on Wall Street as US investors continued to fret about the prospects of higher interest rates.
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World equities lost steam Wednesday, with European stock markets turning lower despite bumper gains in Asia and after the European Central Bank hinted it was not about to cut eurozone interest rates.
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European equity markets fell sharply on Tuesday, with financial stocks heading the losses, as concerns over the state of the US subprime mortgage market hit banking stocks.
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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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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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The euro edged lower against the dollar on Friday after weaker-than-expected euro zone manufacturing data for September dragged the currency from a fresh record high.
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European equity markets fell on Friday, with banks struggled in the wake of further unsettling writedowns related to the credit squeeze.
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European equity markets fell on Tuesday with the downward slide led by oil and  gas stocks.
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Europe's main stock markets fell Tuesday on profit-taking amid caution on the eve of an interest-rate call by the US Federal Reserve, dealers said.
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Banks led European equities lower on Friday, but bid activity helped keep the market afloat after Nasdaq made an offer for Stockholm bourse operator OMX.
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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 equity markets were volatile on Wednesday, and by mid afternoon in London turned a little lower, reflecting a cautious start on Wall Street.
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The pound fell to a new low against the euro amid mounting expectations that the Bank of England will cut interest rates in February.
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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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European equity markets gave up opening gains and turned lower, heading for weekly losses of nearly 5 per cent as turbulent trading resumed.
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Europe's main stock markets opened lower Wednesday following heavy losses on Wall Street and in Asia on growing concerns the US economy is heading into recession, dealers said.