Tuesday, 2 June, the stock markets of the European region on the background of conflicting statistics and news by the end of trading session have shown mixed results.
published statistics showed the decline in GDP of Switzerland for 1 quarter at 0.8% for /against the expected value of 1.5%, while the national index of business activity in manufacturing increased from 34.7 to 39.8 points.
volume of consumer loans in the UK for April rose from 0,129 pounds to 0.314 pounds, while the unemployment rate in the euro area showed growth of 8.9% to a maximum in the last 10 years, meaning 9.2%.
Index Dow Jones Stoxx 600 by the end of the trading weak at 0.03% and reached 214.24 points. Indicator Stoxx 50 lost at 0.47%, a key indicator of the euro Euro Stoxx 50 reduced 0.13%.
German DAX went up by 0.03%, French CAC-40 was the easier to 0.04%, whilethe UK FTSE 100 index reduced 0.65%.
Shares of British bank Barclays collapsed at 13.52% to 273.35 pence after the news of the intention of PCP Gulf Invest 1 lender to sell the securities acquired by them in the past year, at a price of 265 pence per share.
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Greek bank Piraeus Bank lost 6.59% and fell to 7.94 euros. The lender sold 3.95% stake of its shares for 102 million euros ($ 144 million).
papers in the largest Baltic bank Swedbank rolled on 5,64% to 45.2 kroner as a result of a message to the Latvian government to devalue the national currency.
Shares of regional manufacturers, by contrast, went up after Porsche said that its intention to merge with Volkswagen is the best industrial solution with all parties.
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Volkswagen jumped to 10.24% to 253.2 euros, Porsche, which already owned the bulk of the previous papers, have become harder to 2.65% to 46.1 euros.
Shares in Europe's largest retailer to sell the goods for the home, on the basis of bidding Kingfisher added 3.75% and finished the day at 190.7 pence. The profit for 1 quarter, the company exceeded analysts' expectations due to increased sales in the B Q.
major European currencies - euro and pound sterling - at 20:17 strengthened their position against the dollar. Thus, the rate of pair EUR /USD rose to 0.81% to $ 1.426 per euro, while the GBP /USD gained 0.56% to $ 1,653 per pound.
the main index at the closing are shown in the table:
| Index | Country | Closing (items) | Change day (items) | Changing the day (%) | Value at beginning of year (the last closing in 2008) | Change from the beginning of the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATX | Austria | 2,181.63 | 76.24 | 3.62% | 1750.83 | 24.61% |
| BEL20 Index | Belgium | 2,084.90 | -6.71 | -0.32% | 1908.64 | 9.23% |
| FTSE 100 | United Kingdom | 4,477.02 | -29.17 | -0.65% | 4434.17 | 0.97% |
| DAX Index | Germany | 5,144.06 | 1.50 | 0.03% | 4810.20 | 6.94% |
| IBEX 35 INDEX | Spain | 9,664.80 | 33.90 | 0.35% | 9195.80 | 5.10% |
| SP /MIB | Italy | 20,523.71 | 12.00 | 0.06% | 20064 | 2.29% |
| AEX | Netherlands | 268.99 | 0.57 | 0.21% | 245.94 | 9.37% |
| OMX Nordic 40 | Scandinavia | 728.94 | -6.58 | -0.89% | 625.8 | 16.48% |
| CAC 40 | France | 3,378.04 | -1.45 | -0.04% | 3217.97 | 4.97% |
| SMI | Switzerland | 5,432.22 | 82.48 | 1.54% | 5534.53 | -1.85% |
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