Europe market closing price:
European shares close modestly in the red, but well off session lows. Stoxx 50 -0.7%, Germany -0.8%, France -0.4%, Italy -0.8%, Spain -1.3%, U.K. -0.6%. Losses like this may have rate a stronger adjective than "modestly," but after 2011's gyrations, it hardly seems worth it. Euro +0.2% at $1.3230.
Below these are the Top Performing Europe stocks of the day March 5, 2012.
Ticker Company Performance
AIXG Aixtron SE 2.05%
ACN Accenture plc 1.99%
AWH Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, AG 1.51%
BP BP plc 1.47%
STX Seagate Technology PLC 1.43%
DEO Diageo plc 1.32%
GSK GlaxoSmithKline plc 1.18%
NVS Novartis AG 0.97%
AZN AstraZeneca PLC 0.82%
UL Unilever plc 0.80%
SNY Sanofi 0.77%
UN Unilever NV 0.69%
WSH Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company 0.63%
PT Portugal Telecom SGPS SA 0.58%
SAP SAP AG 0.57%
BUD Anheuser-Busch InBev 0.51%
COV Covidien plc 0.49%
PSO Pearson plc 0.47%
BT BT Group plc 0.38%
TI Telecom Italia SpA 0.35%
NGG National Grid plc 0.31%
E Eni SpA 0.09%
SHPGY Shire plc 0.07%
VOD Vodafone Group plc -0.04%
CBE Cooper Industries plc -0.07%
MTD Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. -0.11%
ACE ACE Limited -0.17%
LUX Luxottica Group SpA -0.20%
TOT Total SA -0.27%
VELT Velti Plc -0.30%
XL XL Group plc -0.33%
TYC Tyco International Ltd. -0.36%
FTE France Telecom -0.39%
STM STMicroelectronics NV -0.42%
UBS UBS AG -0.43%
LYG Lloyds Banking Group plc -0.45%
QGEN Qiagen NV -0.46%
RDS-B Royal Dutch Shell plc -0.62%
TEF Telefonica, S.A. -0.65%
CLB Core Laboratories NV -0.68%
STO Statoil ASA -0.68%
AEG AEGON N.V. -0.74%
ABB ABB Ltd. -0.78%
ERIC LM Ericsson Telephone Co. -0.81%
VE Veolia Environnement S.A. -0.83%
PACD Pacific Drilling S.A. -0.83%
BCS Barclays PLC -0.84%
YNDX Yandex N.V. -0.90%
VIP VimpelCom Ltd. -0.90%
SI Siemens AG -0.94%
ARMH ARM Holdings plc -0.94%
ASML ASML Holding NV -1.08%
NOK Nokia Corporation -1.15%
SNN Smith & Nephew plc -1.21%
ING ING Groep NV -1.25%
PHG Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV -1.29%
CS Credit Suisse Group -1.32%
RBS The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc -1.36%
CBI Chicago Bridge & Iron Company N.V. -1.37%
TEL TE Connectivity Ltd. -1.50%
DB Deutsche Bank AG -1.53%
IRE The Governor and Company of The Bank of Ireland -1.53%
HBC HSBC Holdings plc -1.62%
DLPH Delphi Automotive PLC -1.64%
BBVA Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. -1.66%
ESV Ensco plc -1.84%
ALV Autoliv, Inc. -1.95%
VPRT Vistaprint N.V. -2.01%
STD Banco Santander, S.A. -2.08%
BBL BHP Billiton plc -2.26%
CUK Carnival plc -2.30%
DSX Diana Shipping Inc. -2.32%
WCRX Warner Chilcott plc -2.39%
CPLP Capital Product Partners L.P. -2.40%
ELN Elan Corporation, plc -2.42%
CNH CNH Global NV -2.45%
ALU Alcatel-Lucent, S.A. -2.51%
TS Tenaris SA -2.53%
NXPI NXP Semiconductors NV -2.59%
IR Ingersoll-Rand Plc -2.72%
TX Ternium S.A. -2.75%
NE Noble Corp. -2.85%
NM Navios Maritime Holdings Inc. -2.91%
LOGI Logitech International SA -2.97%
RIG Transocean Ltd. -3.03%
FWLT Foster Wheeler AG -3.64%
RIO Rio Tinto plc -3.67%
MT Arcelor Mittal -3.72%
EXM Excel Maritime Carriers, Ltd. -4.02%
WFT Weatherford International Ltd. -4.48%
LYB LyondellBasell Industries NV -4.69%
ANW Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc. -4.80%
AMRN Amarin Corporation plc -4.92%
NBG National Bank of Greece SA -4.95%
DRYS DryShips, Inc. -5.24%
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