Europe market closing price:European shares close mixed, but well off the lows following 2 days of big losses. Stoxx 50 -0.4%, Germany -0.2%, France +0.1%, Italy -0.2%, Spain -0.1%, U.K. +0.4%. Euro -0.6% vs. the dollar, but the big story was the common currency's momentary breach of the SNB's CHF 1.20 floor.
Below these are the Top Performing Europe stocks of the day April 5, 2012.
Ticker Company Performance
NBG National Bank of Greece SA 4.27%
CNH CNH Global NV 3.15%
PACD Pacific Drilling S.A. 1.70%
NXPI NXP Semiconductors NV 1.69%
NOK Nokia Corporation 1.28%
XL XL Group plc 1.19%
YNDX Yandex N.V. 1.15%
ACN Accenture plc 0.67%
DLPH Delphi Automotive PLC 0.57%
TKC Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS 0.49%
AER AerCap Holdings N.V. 0.45%
TS Tenaris SA 0.41%
ESV Ensco plc 0.40%
ARMH ARM Holdings plc 0.39%
INXN Interxion Holding NV 0.33%
STM STMicroelectronics NV 0.27%
RIO Rio Tinto plc 0.17%
BP BP plc 0.06%
WSH Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company 0.06%
BBL BHP Billiton plc 0.05%
RYAAY Ryanair Holdings plc 0.03%
NE Noble Corp. -0.14%
CLB Core Laboratories NV -0.18%
MT Arcelor Mittal -0.23%
SHPGY Shire plc -0.24%
COV Covidien plc -0.27%
ASML ASML Holding NV -0.27%
TX Ternium S.A. -0.30%
WCRX Warner Chilcott plc -0.43%
TEL TE Connectivity Ltd. -0.45%
ELN Elan Corporation, plc -0.48%
RDS-B Royal Dutch Shell plc -0.62%
ACE ACE Limited -0.64%
NGG National Grid plc -0.65%
NVS Novartis AG -0.68%
DEO Diageo plc -0.68%
AZN AstraZeneca PLC -0.70%
IR Ingersoll-Rand Plc -0.78%
PT Portugal Telecom SGPS SA -0.79%
ING ING Groep NV -0.79%
ABB ABB Ltd. -0.80%
CBI Chicago Bridge & Iron Company N.V. -0.81%
TYC Tyco International Ltd. -0.83%
ALV Autoliv, Inc. -0.86%
VIP VimpelCom Ltd. -0.86%
TOT Total SA -0.88%
STO Statoil ASA -0.90%
SAP SAP AG -0.93%
VOD Vodafone Group plc -0.98%
PHG Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV -0.99%
GSK GlaxoSmithKline plc -1.02%
ST Sensata Technologies Holding NV -1.12%
SI Siemens AG -1.13%
TEF Telefonica, S.A. -1.25%
BUD Anheuser-Busch InBev -1.33%
E Eni SpA -1.35%
DB Deutsche Bank AG -1.45%
QGEN Qiagen NV -1.46%
CBE Cooper Industries plc -1.47%
AEG AEGON N.V. -1.54%
HBC HSBC Holdings plc -1.56%
ALU Alcatel-Lucent, S.A. -1.60%
STD Banco Santander, S.A. -1.60%
BBVA Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. -1.62%
LYB LyondellBasell Industries NV -1.62%
UL Unilever plc -1.64%
BCS Barclays PLC -1.67%
FTE France Telecom -1.70%
VPRT Vistaprint N.V. -1.70%
UN Unilever NV -1.83%
UBS UBS AG -1.85%
CS Credit Suisse Group -1.92%
RIG Transocean Ltd. -1.97%
SNY Sanofi -2.07%
FWLT Foster Wheeler AG -2.17%
TI Telecom Italia SpA -2.56%
VE Veolia Environnement S.A. -2.73%
EXM Excel Maritime Carriers, Ltd. -2.76%
DSX Diana Shipping Inc. -2.91%
ERIC LM Ericsson Telephone Co. -3.01%
AMRN Amarin Corporation plc -3.04%
RBS The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc -3.26%
LYG Lloyds Banking Group plc -3.48%
WFT Weatherford International Ltd. -3.89%
VELT Velti Plc -3.99%
DRYS DryShips, Inc. -4.18%
IRE The Governor and Company of The Bank of Ireland -5.67%
STX Seagate Technology PLC -6.23%
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