Wednesday, June 13, 2007

European Stocks Decline After U.S. Retail Sales Data; Nestle, RWE Fall

(Bloomberg) -- European stocks fell, led by Nestle
SA, Bouygues SA and RWE AG after a government report showed U.S.
retail sales rose the most in more than a year in May and more
than economists anticipated.

The Dow Jones Stoxx 600 Index decreased 0.2 percent to
386.09 at 1:37 p.m. in London. The Stoxx 50 retreated 0.1 percent
and the Euro Stoxx 50, a measure for the 13 nations sharing the
euro, dropped 0.2 percent.


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