Wednesday, June 6, 2007

European Stocks Post Biggest Drop in Two Months on Interest-Rate Concern

(Bloomberg) -- European stocks posted the biggest
decline in more than two months on expectations the European
Central Bank will keep raising interest rates.

E.ON AG and Iberdrola SA led a drop by utilities, while BNP
Paribas SA and Spain's Banco Popular Espanol SA pushed banking
shares lower. Thales SA, Europe's largest defense-electronics
company, fell after Societe Generale SA downgraded the stock.


Read more at Bloomberg Stocks News

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