Europe market closing price: European shares close sharply lower, led by another meltdown in Spain (-3.9%), the IBEX giving back far more than it gained on Tuesday. Stoxx 50 -1.7%, Germany -1%, France -1.6%, Italy -2.3%, U.K. -0.3%. The YTD divergence between Spain and other European bourses (and the S&P) widens even further.
Below these are the Top Performing Europe stocks of the day April 18, 2012.
Ticker Company Performance
STX Seagate Technology PLC 4.70%
ARMH ARM Holdings plc 2.11%
BTI British American Tobacco plc 1.75%
BUD Anheuser-Busch InBev 1.73%
BBL BHP Billiton plc 1.68%
CNH CNH Global NV 1.66%
SHPGY Shire plc 1.50%
IR Ingersoll-Rand Plc 1.49%
DEO Diageo plc 1.36%
RIO Rio Tinto plc 1.35%
CLB Core Laboratories NV 1.15%
ERIC LM Ericsson Telephone Co. 1.10%
ELN Elan Corporation, plc 1.03%
GSK GlaxoSmithKline plc 1.00%
QGEN Qiagen NV 1.00%
INXN Interxion Holding NV 0.96%
NE Noble Corp. 0.94%
WFT Weatherford International Ltd. 0.81%
PT Portugal Telecom SGPS SA 0.80%
NXPI NXP Semiconductors NV 0.68%
UL Unilever plc 0.58%
HBC HSBC Holdings plc 0.57%
DLPH Delphi Automotive PLC 0.56%
AMRN Amarin Corporation plc 0.52%
SQNS Sequans Communications S.A. 0.43%
AZN AstraZeneca PLC 0.40%
NGG National Grid plc 0.38%
TYC Tyco International Ltd. 0.31%
IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group plc 0.17%
UN Unilever NV 0.15%
IOSP Innospec Inc. 0.10%
RDS-B Royal Dutch Shell plc 0.08%
COV Covidien plc 0.02%
CMRE Costamare Inc. 0.00%
NVS Novartis AG -0.06%
SAP SAP AG -0.11%
PUK Prudential plc -0.13%
TS Tenaris SA -0.14%
CBI Chicago Bridge & Iron Company N.V. -0.21%
ASML ASML Holding NV -0.22%
ALV Autoliv, Inc. -0.23%
LOGI Logitech International SA -0.25%
ENL Reed Elsevier NV -0.25%
AWH Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, AG -0.27%
LYB LyondellBasell Industries NV -0.27%
STO Statoil ASA -0.30%
AVG AVG Technologies N.V. -0.34%
TOT Total SA -0.35%
BP BP plc -0.35%
VELT Velti Plc -0.46%
NVO Novo Nordisk A/S -0.48%
ABB ABB Ltd. -0.49%
TI Telecom Italia SpA -0.55%
WCRX Warner Chilcott plc -0.56%
SNY Sanofi -0.62%
TKC Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS -0.66%
TI-A Telecom Italia SpA -0.67%
YNDX Yandex N.V. -0.70%
ACN Accenture plc -0.71%
ACE ACE Limited -0.74%
VOD Vodafone Group plc -0.82%
RIG Transocean Ltd. -0.93%
XL XL Group plc -0.95%
CBE Cooper Industries plc -0.99%
FWLT Foster Wheeler AG -0.99%
WSH Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company -1.04%
VIP VimpelCom Ltd. -1.05%
ST Sensata Technologies Holding NV -1.06%
E Eni SpA -1.09%
FTE France Telecom -1.10%
ESV Ensco plc -1.17%
PACD Pacific Drilling S.A. -1.19%
NMM Navios Maritime Partners L.P. -1.21%
TEL TE Connectivity Ltd. -1.21%
RYAAY Ryanair Holdings plc -1.25%
ING ING Groep NV -1.40%
STM STMicroelectronics NV -1.43%
IRE The Governor and Company of The Bank of Ireland -1.45%
NOK Nokia Corporation -1.48%
MT Arcelor Mittal -1.50%
DB Deutsche Bank AG -1.64%
CS Credit Suisse Group -1.80%
PHG Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV -1.97%
AER AerCap Holdings N.V. -2.00%
BCS Barclays PLC -2.06%
AIXG Aixtron SE -2.18%
NEWL NewLead Holdings Ltd. -2.21%
AEG AEGON N.V. -2.24%
SI Siemens AG -2.35%
SYT Syngenta AG -2.48%
VE Veolia Environnement S.A. -2.68%
STD Banco Santander, S.A. -2.75%
NBG National Bank of Greece SA -2.78%
UBS UBS AG -2.79%
NM Navios Maritime Holdings Inc. -2.86%
XRTX Xyratex Ltd. -2.89%
DSX Diana Shipping Inc. -2.94%
TEF Telefonica, S.A. -3.49%
BBVA Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. -3.56%
RBS The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc -3.63%
ANW Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc. -3.82%
DRYS DryShips, Inc. -4.09%
AGRO Adecoagro S.A. -4.82%
TX Ternium S.A. -8.96%
TNP Tsakos Energy Navigation Ltd. -13.15%
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