Europe market closing price: European shares close sharply lower, with only the closing bell halting a straight-down late-day slide. Stoxx 50 -1.8%, Germany -1.1%, France -1.8%, Italy -2%, Spain -2.8%, U.K. -0.6%. Spanish banking shares: Santander (STD) -4.1%, BBVA -4.5%. European financial ETF: EUFN remains +17.2% YTD.
Below these are the Top Performing Europe stocks of the day April 3, 2012.
Ticker Company Performance
AMRN Amarin Corporation plc 3.61%
NVO Novo Nordisk A/S 2.44%
VPRT Vistaprint N.V. 2.29%
CLB Core Laboratories NV 1.29%
ALU Alcatel-Lucent, S.A. 1.29%
ERIC LM Ericsson Telephone Co. 1.16%
BUD Anheuser-Busch InBev 0.75%
RYAAY Ryanair Holdings plc 0.63%
TX Ternium S.A. 0.46%
ARMH ARM Holdings plc 0.45%
FWLT Foster Wheeler AG 0.43%
CBI Chicago Bridge & Iron Company N.V. 0.32%
QGEN Qiagen NV 0.31%
ALV Autoliv, Inc. 0.23%
LYB LyondellBasell Industries NV 0.19%
ST Sensata Technologies Holding NV 0.09%
VELT Velti Plc 0.08%
TYC Tyco International Ltd. 0.07%
WSH Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company 0.06%
CUK Carnival plc 0.03%
DSX Diana Shipping Inc. 0.00%
UN Unilever NV -0.04%
BTI British American Tobacco plc -0.10%
AZN AstraZeneca PLC -0.13%
HBC HSBC Holdings plc -0.16%
GSK GlaxoSmithKline plc -0.24%
SYT Syngenta AG -0.30%
CBE Cooper Industries plc -0.34%
E Eni SpA -0.38%
NVS Novartis AG -0.41%
ACN Accenture plc -0.41%
TKC Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS -0.48%
ABB ABB Ltd. -0.48%
UL Unilever plc -0.56%
DRYS DryShips, Inc. -0.57%
STX Seagate Technology PLC -0.58%
DLPH Delphi Automotive PLC -0.60%
IR Ingersoll-Rand Plc -0.65%
VOD Vodafone Group plc -0.67%
RDS-B Royal Dutch Shell plc -0.68%
LOGI Logitech International SA -0.75%
SHPGY Shire plc -0.75%
TEL TE Connectivity Ltd. -0.78%
NOK Nokia Corporation -0.82%
NGG National Grid plc -0.83%
ELN Elan Corporation, plc -0.87%
VIP VimpelCom Ltd. -0.89%
DEO Diageo plc -0.95%
SI Siemens AG -0.99%
ESV Ensco plc -1.03%
ASML ASML Holding NV -1.06%
ACE ACE Limited -1.06%
SNY Sanofi -1.13%
NM Navios Maritime Holdings Inc. -1.19%
NE Noble Corp. -1.21%
BT BT Group plc -1.22%
TS Tenaris SA -1.23%
YNDX Yandex N.V. -1.30%
PHG Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV -1.30%
XL XL Group plc -1.30%
ENL Reed Elsevier NV -1.31%
COV Covidien plc -1.36%
STO Statoil ASA -1.45%
BP BP plc -1.48%
PUK Prudential plc -1.48%
WCRX Warner Chilcott plc -1.59%
SAP SAP AG -1.61%
RIO Rio Tinto plc -1.61%
WFT Weatherford International Ltd. -1.73%
BBL BHP Billiton plc -1.75%
CRH CRH plc -1.93%
CS Credit Suisse Group -1.99%
TOT Total SA -1.99%
UBS UBS AG -2.06%
RIG Transocean Ltd. -2.09%
TEF Telefonica, S.A. -2.14%
PT Portugal Telecom SGPS SA -2.20%
FTE France Telecom -2.22%
NXPI NXP Semiconductors NV -2.45%
DB Deutsche Bank AG -2.72%
MT Arcelor Mittal -2.76%
AEG AEGON N.V. -2.87%
BCS Barclays PLC -2.89%
STM STMicroelectronics NV -3.09%
TI Telecom Italia SpA -3.17%
LYG Lloyds Banking Group plc -3.31%
PSO Pearson plc -3.41%
IRE The Governor and Company of The Bank of Ireland -3.81%
RBS The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc -3.83%
STD Banco Santander, S.A. -4.01%
ING ING Groep NV -4.04%
VE Veolia Environnement S.A. -4.10%
BBVA Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. -4.52%
NBG National Bank of Greece SA -4.88%
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