Europe market closing price: European shares close mixed in a quiet session, the Continent firmly in holiday mode. Stoxx 50 +0.2%, Germany flat, France +0.6%, Italy flat, Spain -0.6%, U.K. +0.1%. The euro defies bureaucratic admonitions and goes down, sliding 0.8% to $1.2268.
Below these are the Top Performing Europe stocks of the day August 9, 2012.
Ticker Company Performance
AMRN Amarin Corporation plc 16.40%
VELT Velti Plc 7.87%
AEG AEGON N.V. 4.84%
LOGI Logitech International SA 4.28%
WCRX Warner Chilcott plc 3.99%
WFT Weatherford International Ltd. 2.83%
ING ING Groep NV 2.47%
IR Ingersoll-Rand Plc 1.75%
XL XL Group plc 1.62%
RIG Transocean Ltd. 1.41%
STM STMicroelectronics NV 1.02%
DLPH Delphi Automotive PLC 0.91%
RIO Rio Tinto plc 0.80%
NE Noble Corp. 0.69%
HBC HSBC Holdings plc 0.66%
CBI Chicago Bridge & Iron Company N.V. 0.45%
STX Seagate Technology PLC 0.37%
ESV Ensco plc 0.34%
ARMH ARM Holdings plc 0.30%
BCS Barclays PLC 0.27%
ASML ASML Holding NV 0.21%
UL Unilever plc 0.17%
ERIC LM Ericsson Telephone Co. 0.10%
ELT Elster Group SE 0.10%
TYC Tyco International Ltd. 0.07%
STO Statoil ASA 0.04%
BP BP plc 0.00%
ELN Elan Corporation, plc 0.00%
MT Arcelor Mittal -0.06%
DB Deutsche Bank AG -0.06%
LYB LyondellBasell Industries NV -0.13%
TX Ternium S.A. -0.15%
FWLT Foster Wheeler AG -0.20%
ACE ACE Limited -0.25%
UBS UBS AG -0.28%
COV Covidien plc -0.31%
UN Unilever NV -0.35%
ABB ABB Ltd. -0.39%
CS Credit Suisse Group -0.40%
TOT Total SA -0.40%
NXPI NXP Semiconductors NV -0.50%
AZN AstraZeneca PLC -0.53%
NVS Novartis AG -0.54%
BUD Anheuser-Busch InBev -0.57%
SAP SAP AG -0.62%
ACN Accenture plc -0.78%
SNY Sanofi -0.84%
GSK GlaxoSmithKline plc -0.84%
IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group plc -0.88%
TEF Telefonica, S.A. -0.96%
FTE France Telecom -1.05%
VOD Vodafone Group plc -1.11%
TI-A Telecom Italia SpA -1.72%
BBVA Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. -2.12%
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