Europe market closing price:
European shares close mostly green, but well off their best levels, dragged down by a weak U.S. open. Stoxx 50 +0.6%, Germany +0.2%, France +1.2%, Italy +0.5%, Spain -0.1%, U.K. +0.2%. The euro -0.7% at $1.3053. Of greatest interest today is the apparent mounting of a challenge to the SNB's euro/franc exchange rate floor.
Below these are the Top Performing Europe stocks of the day January 31, 2012.
Ticker Company Performance
NBG National Bank of Greece SA 12.28%
VE Veolia Environnement S.A. 4.90%
ICLR ICON plc 4.52%
IRE The Governor and Company of The Bank of Ireland 4.32%
AEG AEGON N.V. 3.84%
TYC Tyco International Ltd. 3.50%
ING ING Groep NV 3.28%
NGG National Grid plc 2.85%
NXPI NXP Semiconductors NV 2.47%
BP BP plc 2.20%
ARMH ARM Holdings plc 2.05%
ESV Ensco plc 1.53%
VIP VimpelCom Ltd. 1.52%
RIG Transocean Ltd. 1.40%
LOGI Logitech International SA 1.33%
ERIC LM Ericsson Telephone Co. 1.31%
ABB ABB Ltd. 1.18%
NE Noble Corp. 1.15%
LYB LyondellBasell Industries NV 1.11%
PHG Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV 1.10%
RIO Rio Tinto plc 1.07%
BCS Barclays PLC 1.04%
RDS-B Royal Dutch Shell plc 0.91%
HBC HSBC Holdings plc 0.87%
YNDX Yandex N.V. 0.79%
AZN AstraZeneca PLC 0.75%
SNN Smith & Nephew plc 0.75%
FTE France Telecom 0.67%
CRH CRH plc 0.61%
XL XL Group plc 0.60%
TOT Total SA 0.56%
FWLT Foster Wheeler AG 0.53%
STX Seagate Technology PLC 0.53%
RYAAY Ryanair Holdings plc 0.51%
ACE ACE Limited 0.49%
CS Credit Suisse Group 0.46%
TX Ternium S.A. 0.35%
COV Covidien plc 0.35%
SAP SAP AG 0.31%
DB Deutsche Bank AG 0.30%
WSH Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company 0.26%
SNY Sanofi 0.23%
ASML ASML Holding NV 0.16%
ACN Accenture plc 0.16%
UBS UBS AG 0.15%
STD Banco Santander, S.A. 0.13%
TEL TE Connectivity Ltd. -0.03%
E Eni SpA -0.07%
NVS Novartis AG -0.07%
IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group plc -0.20%
TEF Telefonica, S.A. -0.27%
ALV Autoliv, Inc. -0.28%
TS Tenaris SA -0.29%
BBL BHP Billiton plc -0.34%
WFT Weatherford International Ltd. -0.35%
BUD Anheuser-Busch InBev -0.39%
CLB Core Laboratories NV -0.41%
AMRN Amarin Corporation plc -0.42%
CBI Chicago Bridge & Iron Company N.V. -0.47%
QGEN Qiagen NV -0.49%
DEO Diageo plc -0.52%
SI Siemens AG -0.58%
UL Unilever plc -0.58%
NOK Nokia Corporation -0.63%
VOD Vodafone Group plc -0.64%
CBE Cooper Industries plc -0.69%
STO Statoil ASA -0.71%
UN Unilever NV -0.75%
TI Telecom Italia SpA -0.97%
GSK GlaxoSmithKline plc -0.98%
DRYS DryShips, Inc. -1.13%
CPLP Capital Product Partners L.P. -1.28%
TKC Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS -1.31%
ELN Elan Corporation, plc -1.34%
SYT Syngenta AG -1.48%
MT Arcelor Mittal -1.50%
PT Portugal Telecom SGPS SA -1.56%
WCRX Warner Chilcott plc -2.02%
IR Ingersoll-Rand Plc -2.03%
PACD Pacific Drilling S.A. -2.23%
ST Sensata Technologies Holding NV -2.36%
VPRT Vistaprint N.V. -2.76%
STM STMicroelectronics NV -2.89%
CNH CNH Global NV -9.67%
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