Europe market closing price: European shares close with solid losses, giving up decent gains in a flash when Greece was unable to form a coalition government, edging ever closer to a messy EMU exit. Stoxx 50 -1%, Germany -0.8%, France -0.5%, Italy -2.4%, Spain -1.6%, U.K. -0.5%. The euro continues its steep May slide, -0.4% to $1.2767
Below these are the Top Performing Europe stocks of the day May 15, 2012.
Ticker Company Performance
ELN Elan Corporation, plc 5.82%
CPLP Capital Product Partners L.P. 3.98%
NM Navios Maritime Holdings Inc. 3.96%
TNP Tsakos Energy Navigation Ltd. 3.25%
VELT Velti Plc 2.75%
ACN Accenture plc 1.87%
LYB LyondellBasell Industries NV 1.63%
VIP VimpelCom Ltd. 1.60%
STX Seagate Technology PLC 1.43%
PHG Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV 1.16%
ASML ASML Holding NV 1.15%
EXM Excel Maritime Carriers, Ltd. 1.09%
SB Safe Bulkers, Inc. 1.07%
BT BT Group plc 1.06%
SYT Syngenta AG 0.97%
IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group plc 0.93%
TYC Tyco International Ltd. 0.91%
FSR Flagstone Reinsurance Holdings SA 0.76%
LOGI Logitech International SA 0.71%
XL XL Group plc 0.64%
ACE ACE Limited 0.62%
YNDX Yandex N.V. 0.60%
IRE The Governor and Company of The Bank of Ireland 0.60%
NXPI NXP Semiconductors NV 0.60%
CLB Core Laboratories NV 0.59%
NMM Navios Maritime Partners L.P. 0.57%
MTD Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. 0.57%
HBC HSBC Holdings plc 0.41%
TI-A Telecom Italia SpA 0.36%
DEO Diageo plc 0.34%
ST Sensata Technologies Holding NV 0.33%
ABB ABB Ltd. 0.24%
IR Ingersoll-Rand Plc 0.23%
BTI British American Tobacco plc 0.22%
STM STMicroelectronics NV 0.20%
TKC Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS 0.18%
VOD Vodafone Group plc 0.17%
CBE Cooper Industries plc 0.15%
AWH Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, AG 0.14%
ALV Autoliv, Inc. 0.14%
XRTX Xyratex Ltd. 0.08%
WSH Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company 0.06%
CRH CRH plc 0.06%
STO Statoil ASA 0.04%
CBI Chicago Bridge & Iron Company N.V. 0.03%
GSK GlaxoSmithKline plc 0.01%
UBS UBS AG 0.00%
ARMH ARM Holdings plc 0.00%
PSO Pearson plc 0.00%
QGEN Qiagen NV 0.00%
UN Unilever NV -0.06%
ESV Ensco plc -0.07%
VPRT Vistaprint N.V. -0.13%
DSX Diana Shipping Inc. -0.13%
INXN Interxion Holding NV -0.16%
NVS Novartis AG -0.19%
TEL TE Connectivity Ltd. -0.24%
UL Unilever plc -0.28%
TX Ternium S.A. -0.35%
FWLT Foster Wheeler AG -0.38%
ANW Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc. -0.39%
AZN AstraZeneca PLC -0.49%
TOT Total SA -0.54%
SNY Sanofi -0.60%
AER AerCap Holdings N.V. -0.61%
SI Siemens AG -0.62%
BP BP plc -0.64%
ALU Alcatel-Lucent, S.A. -0.68%
SAP SAP AG -0.69%
TS Tenaris SA -0.70%
COV Covidien plc -0.73%
BUD Anheuser-Busch InBev -0.76%
NGG National Grid plc -0.76%
RDS-B Royal Dutch Shell plc -0.96%
AMRN Amarin Corporation plc -0.98%
CNH CNH Global NV -1.02%
CS Credit Suisse Group -1.12%
NE Noble Corp. -1.12%
RIG Transocean Ltd. -1.17%
SHPGY Shire plc -1.23%
WFT Weatherford International Ltd. -1.25%
ERIC LM Ericsson Telephone Co. -1.26%
TI Telecom Italia SpA -1.28%
BCS Barclays PLC -1.31%
DLPH Delphi Automotive PLC -1.36%
E Eni SpA -1.57%
DB Deutsche Bank AG -1.57%
FTE France Telecom -1.61%
VE Veolia Environnement S.A. -1.61%
CCH Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company S.A. -1.65%
BBL BHP Billiton plc -1.69%
AEG AEGON N.V. -1.80%
PT Portugal Telecom SGPS SA -1.92%
STD Banco Santander, S.A. -1.96%
ING ING Groep NV -2.08%
BBVA Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. -2.10%
NVO Novo Nordisk A/S -2.10%
LYG Lloyds Banking Group plc -2.15%
AV Aviva plc -2.16%
RBS The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc -2.41%
RIO Rio Tinto plc -2.47%
MT Arcelor Mittal -2.77%
WCRX Warner Chilcott plc -2.97%
DRYS DryShips, Inc. -3.14%
NBG National Bank of Greece SA -3.24%
DCIX Diana Containerships Inc. -3.26%
NOK Nokia Corporation -3.61%
TEU Box Ships Inc. -4.40%
TEF Telefonica, S.A. -8.78%
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