Europe market closing price: Europe closes sharply lower as the momentum towards a Greek exit builds. Not to be discounted are ideas of EU leaders playing chicken to push Grecians into voting for establishment parties in June. Stoxx 50 -2.7%, Germany -2.3%, France -2.5%, Italy -3.5%, Spain -3.4%, U.K. -2.5%. The euro hits a 2-year low, -0.9% to $1.2565.
Below these are the Top Performing Europe stocks of the day May 23, 2012.
Ticker Company Performance
DSX Diana Shipping Inc. 4.65%
NXPI NXP Semiconductors NV 3.22%
NE Noble Corp. 3.18%
STM STMicroelectronics NV 2.96%
ELN Elan Corporation, plc 2.00%
IR Ingersoll-Rand Plc 1.99%
WCRX Warner Chilcott plc 1.84%
NM Navios Maritime Holdings Inc. 1.82%
ESV Ensco plc 1.69%
WFT Weatherford International Ltd. 1.33%
DRYS DryShips, Inc. 1.32%
ALV Autoliv, Inc. 0.87%
WSH Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company 0.87%
TYC Tyco International Ltd. 0.81%
CLB Core Laboratories NV 0.72%
RIG Transocean Ltd. 0.69%
TX Ternium S.A. 0.67%
AIXG Aixtron SE 0.56%
ANW Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc. 0.56%
ACE ACE Limited 0.47%
CBE Cooper Industries plc 0.47%
UBS UBS AG 0.43%
XL XL Group plc 0.39%
CNH CNH Global NV 0.37%
AEG AEGON N.V. 0.23%
ARMH ARM Holdings plc 0.22%
CBI Chicago Bridge & Iron Company N.V. 0.21%
SAP SAP AG 0.19%
BP BP plc 0.18%
TEL TE Connectivity Ltd. 0.10%
AER AerCap Holdings N.V. 0.09%
VPRT Vistaprint N.V. 0.08%
ICLR ICON plc 0.00%
NMM Navios Maritime Partners L.P. 0.00%
ACN Accenture plc -0.03%
NGG National Grid plc -0.04%
QGEN Qiagen NV -0.06%
DB Deutsche Bank AG -0.08%
ERIC LM Ericsson Telephone Co. -0.23%
UL Unilever plc -0.28%
VIP VimpelCom Ltd. -0.35%
ABB ABB Ltd. -0.37%
AWH Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, AG -0.46%
COV Covidien plc -0.47%
CS Credit Suisse Group -0.49%
DLPH Delphi Automotive PLC -0.57%
RYAAY Ryanair Holdings plc -0.58%
STO Statoil ASA -0.64%
BBL BHP Billiton plc -0.66%
SYT Syngenta AG -0.67%
AMRN Amarin Corporation plc -0.67%
XRTX Xyratex Ltd. -0.67%
LYB LyondellBasell Industries NV -0.76%
UN Unilever NV -0.78%
ASML ASML Holding NV -0.79%
TOT Total SA -0.81%
VOD Vodafone Group plc -0.85%
SI Siemens AG -0.88%
VELT Velti Plc -0.95%
RIO Rio Tinto plc -0.99%
IRE The Governor and Company of The Bank of Ireland -1.00%
RDS-B Royal Dutch Shell plc -1.08%
BCS Barclays PLC -1.10%
YNDX Yandex N.V. -1.13%
GSK GlaxoSmithKline plc -1.19%
STD Banco Santander, S.A. -1.21%
HBC HSBC Holdings plc -1.24%
NVS Novartis AG -1.24%
BTI British American Tobacco plc -1.25%
RBS The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc -1.32%
INXN Interxion Holding NV -1.33%
AZN AstraZeneca PLC -1.35%
ST Sensata Technologies Holding NV -1.51%
BUD Anheuser-Busch InBev -1.53%
FLML Flamel Technologies SA -1.60%
VE Veolia Environnement S.A. -1.72%
TI-A Telecom Italia SpA -1.86%
DEO Diageo plc -2.02%
PSO Pearson plc -2.04%
FTE France Telecom -2.05%
NVO Novo Nordisk A/S -2.12%
TKC Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS -2.16%
STX Seagate Technology PLC -2.20%
PUK Prudential plc -2.22%
MT Arcelor Mittal -2.22%
BBVA Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. -2.23%
TS Tenaris SA -2.24%
FWLT Foster Wheeler AG -2.26%
SNY Sanofi -2.35%
E Eni SpA -2.37%
IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group plc -2.39%
ING ING Groep NV -2.43%
PT Portugal Telecom SGPS SA -2.44%
LOGI Logitech International SA -2.53%
SHPGY Shire plc -3.10%
TEF Telefonica, S.A. -3.75%
TI Telecom Italia SpA -3.76%
PHG Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV -4.52%
NOK Nokia Corporation -5.21%
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