Europe market closing price:
European shares close mostly red, but well off session lows hit as Angela Merkel - playing before a home crowd - reiterated her stance against a bigger rescue fund firewall. Stoxx 50 -0.4%, Germany -0.2%, France -0.7%, Italy -1%, Spain +0.2%, U.K. -0.3%. The euro -0.3% at $1.3404
Below these are the Top Performing Europe stocks of the day February 27, 2012.
Ticker Company Performance
RIG Transocean Ltd. 6.21%
NM Navios Maritime Holdings Inc. 4.90%
IRE The Governor and Company of The Bank of Ireland 3.91%
ELN Elan Corporation, plc 2.71%
TI Telecom Italia SpA 2.58%
IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group plc 2.08%
TYC Tyco International Ltd. 1.95%
DSX Diana Shipping Inc. 1.74%
EXM Excel Maritime Carriers, Ltd. 1.52%
MTD Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. 1.45%
XL XL Group plc 1.42%
BP BP plc 1.36%
STO Statoil ASA 1.12%
ELT Elster Group SE 0.96%
BBL BHP Billiton plc 0.87%
ANW Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc. 0.83%
NMM Navios Maritime Partners L.P. 0.68%
LYB LyondellBasell Industries NV 0.66%
RIO Rio Tinto plc 0.58%
CBI Chicago Bridge & Iron Company N.V. 0.57%
TEF Telefonica, S.A. 0.46%
DLPH Delphi Automotive PLC 0.32%
WCRX Warner Chilcott plc 0.31%
ACN Accenture plc 0.26%
ING ING Groep NV 0.25%
TEL TE Connectivity Ltd. 0.21%
DEO Diageo plc 0.16%
BTI British American Tobacco plc 0.13%
VOD Vodafone Group plc 0.12%
ARMH ARM Holdings plc 0.10%
GSK GlaxoSmithKline plc 0.06%
CBE Cooper Industries plc 0.02%
VE Veolia Environnement S.A. -0.02%
COV Covidien plc -0.04%
UN Unilever NV -0.18%
NE Noble Corp. -0.18%
AEG AEGON N.V. -0.18%
PACD Pacific Drilling S.A. -0.18%
UL Unilever plc -0.18%
VELT Velti Plc -0.19%
SHPGY Shire plc -0.21%
BUD Anheuser-Busch InBev -0.23%
ASPS Altisource Portfolio Solutions S.A. -0.27%
ACE ACE Limited -0.30%
WFT Weatherford International Ltd. -0.33%
TOT Total SA -0.37%
AWH Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, AG -0.38%
TX Ternium S.A. -0.42%
PHG Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV -0.42%
DB Deutsche Bank AG -0.45%
NGG National Grid plc -0.47%
IR Ingersoll-Rand Plc -0.52%
ABB ABB Ltd. -0.53%
MT Arcelor Mittal -0.56%
VPRT Vistaprint N.V. -0.58%
RDS-B Royal Dutch Shell plc -0.62%
AZN AstraZeneca PLC -0.64%
CUK Carnival plc -0.64%
SNY Sanofi -0.66%
ASML ASML Holding NV -0.69%
VIP VimpelCom Ltd. -0.72%
CNH CNH Global NV -0.73%
PT Portugal Telecom SGPS SA -0.74%
FTE France Telecom -0.76%
AMRN Amarin Corporation plc -0.76%
STD Banco Santander, S.A. -0.81%
UBS UBS AG -0.84%
CS Credit Suisse Group -0.87%
BBVA Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. -0.88%
RYAAY Ryanair Holdings plc -0.90%
LYG Lloyds Banking Group plc -0.90%
SYT Syngenta AG -0.92%
NVO Novo Nordisk A/S -0.98%
WSH Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company -1.02%
AER AerCap Holdings N.V. -1.05%
ALV Autoliv, Inc. -1.08%
XRTX Xyratex Ltd. -1.10%
SI Siemens AG -1.10%
QGEN Qiagen NV -1.12%
ESV Ensco plc -1.14%
ALU Alcatel-Lucent, S.A. -1.15%
SAP SAP AG -1.17%
TKC Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS -1.19%
NBG National Bank of Greece SA -1.21%
E Eni SpA -1.35%
NXPI NXP Semiconductors NV -1.40%
BCS Barclays PLC -1.44%
DCIX Diana Containerships Inc. -1.47%
STM STMicroelectronics NV -1.51%
RBS The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc -1.66%
YNDX Yandex N.V. -1.72%
AVG AVG Technologies N.V. Ordinary -1.74%
FWLT Foster Wheeler AG -1.83%
DRYS DryShips, Inc. -1.93%
ST Sensata Technologies Holding NV -1.96%
STX Seagate Technology PLC -2.00%
ERIC LM Ericsson Telephone Co. -2.34%
TS Tenaris SA -2.58%
CLB Core Laboratories NV -2.72%
CPLP Capital Product Partners L.P. -2.84%
PSO Pearson plc -3.79%
HBC HSBC Holdings plc -3.95%
AIXG Aixtron SE -4.21%
NVS Novartis AG -4.27%
LOGI Logitech International SA -4.50%
NOK Nokia Corporation -6.64%
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