Europe market closing price:
European shares close moderately lower after giving up big early gains. It's the 3rd consecutive red close since the Greek rescue deal was inked. Stoxx 50 -0.5%, Germany -0.5%, France flat, Italy -1.4%, Spain -1.6%, U.K. +0.4%. The euro continues to grind the shorts, hitting a new 2012 high and now at $1.3315
Below these are the Top Performing Europe stocks of the day February 23, 2012.
Ticker Company Performance
DRYS DryShips, Inc. 7.70%
FWLT Foster Wheeler AG 7.15%
RBS The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc 5.39%
ALU Alcatel-Lucent, S.A. 4.92%
LYG Lloyds Banking Group plc 4.61%
SQNS Sequans Communications S.A. 4.23%
ESV Ensco plc 4.12%
NXPI NXP Semiconductors NV 3.78%
AMRN Amarin Corporation plc 3.74%
ERIC LM Ericsson Telephone Co. 3.62%
CBI Chicago Bridge & Iron Company N.V. 3.42%
RIG Transocean Ltd. 3.04%
AER AerCap Holdings N.V. 2.95%
QGEN Qiagen NV 2.67%
STX Seagate Technology PLC 2.49%
ASPS Altisource Portfolio Solutions S.A. 2.43%
TRNX Tornier N.V. 2.41%
NVO Novo Nordisk A/S 2.37%
ST Sensata Technologies Holding NV 2.28%
SNY Sanofi 1.95%
TX Ternium S.A. 1.93%
DB Deutsche Bank AG 1.92%
ELN Elan Corporation, plc 1.89%
BCS Barclays PLC 1.87%
UBS UBS AG 1.74%
WCRX Warner Chilcott plc 1.58%
YNDX Yandex N.V. 1.55%
VPRT Vistaprint N.V. 1.54%
AZN AstraZeneca PLC 1.30%
PHG Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV 1.30%
RDS-B Royal Dutch Shell plc 1.29%
ING ING Groep NV 1.26%
TOT Total SA 1.23%
XL XL Group plc 1.17%
PSO Pearson plc 1.15%
SAP SAP AG 1.08%
ACN Accenture plc 1.05%
BP BP plc 0.98%
ACE ACE Limited 0.95%
UN Unilever NV 0.94%
GSK GlaxoSmithKline plc 0.88%
RIO Rio Tinto plc 0.87%
AWH Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, AG 0.84%
UL Unilever plc 0.78%
VIP VimpelCom Ltd. 0.66%
NVS Novartis AG 0.63%
AVG AVG Technologies N.V. Ordinary 0.61%
E Eni SpA 0.58%
STO Statoil ASA 0.58%
ABB ABB Ltd. 0.58%
DSX Diana Shipping Inc. 0.55%
SYT Syngenta AG 0.50%
CS Credit Suisse Group 0.45%
WFT Weatherford International Ltd. 0.43%
WSH Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company 0.40%
CLB Core Laboratories NV 0.39%
BUD Anheuser-Busch InBev 0.38%
TYC Tyco International Ltd. 0.37%
LYB LyondellBasell Industries NV 0.36%
NE Noble Corp. 0.31%
SI Siemens AG 0.28%
HBC HSBC Holdings plc 0.27%
ASML ASML Holding NV 0.20%
NGG National Grid plc 0.18%
DEO Diageo plc 0.16%
BTI British American Tobacco plc 0.07%
FTE France Telecom 0.06%
VELT Velti Plc 0.05%
BBL BHP Billiton plc 0.03%
TEL TE Connectivity Ltd. 0.03%
IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group plc 0.00%
NBG National Bank of Greece SA 0.00%
ELT Elster Group SE 0.00%
MT Arcelor Mittal 0.00%
DLPH Delphi Automotive PLC -0.03%
LOGI Logitech International SA -0.12%
IRE The Governor and Company of The Bank of Ireland -0.14%
PACD Pacific Drilling S.A. -0.18%
AEG AEGON N.V. -0.19%
STD Banco Santander, S.A. -0.24%
ALV Autoliv, Inc. -0.28%
ARMH ARM Holdings plc -0.33%
CNH CNH Global NV -0.36%
RYAAY Ryanair Holdings plc -0.39%
VOD Vodafone Group plc -0.40%
IR Ingersoll-Rand Plc -0.56%
CBE Cooper Industries plc -0.77%
NOK Nokia Corporation -0.81%
NMM Navios Maritime Partners L.P. -0.84%
TEF Telefonica, S.A. -0.87%
VE Veolia Environnement S.A. -0.91%
BBVA Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. -0.99%
SHPGY Shire plc -1.01%
STM STMicroelectronics NV -1.04%
ANW Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc. -1.16%
COV Covidien plc -1.33%
TKC Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS -1.68%
SB Safe Bulkers, Inc. -2.02%
AIXG Aixtron SE -2.04%
DCIX Diana Containerships Inc. -2.57%
PT Portugal Telecom SGPS SA -2.90%
NM Navios Maritime Holdings Inc. -3.22%
TS Tenaris SA -3.25%
TOPS Top Ships Inc. -6.25%
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