Europe market closing price: At the close of business, the FTSE100 was up 74.45 points at 5,812.23 with the FTSE250 ahead 86.27 points at 11,503.86 and the FTSE Smallcaps 12.12 points better at 3,132.32.
Below these are the Top Performing Europe stocks of the day May 1, 2012.
Ticker Company Performance
LYG Lloyds Banking Group plc 8.16%
VELT Velti Plc 5.48%
ST Sensata Technologies Holding NV 5.13%
FWLT Foster Wheeler AG 5.04%
STX Seagate Technology PLC 4.81%
RBS The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc 4.27%
BCS Barclays PLC 3.20%
LYB LyondellBasell Industries NV 2.94%
TX Ternium S.A. 2.74%
WFT Weatherford International Ltd. 2.66%
DB Deutsche Bank AG 2.56%
UBS UBS AG 2.51%
NE Noble Corp. 2.47%
NOK Nokia Corporation 2.43%
ELN Elan Corporation, plc 2.43%
IR Ingersoll-Rand Plc 2.42%
AIXG Aixtron SE 2.35%
CNH CNH Global NV 2.29%
AMRN Amarin Corporation plc 2.29%
CLB Core Laboratories NV 2.12%
STM STMicroelectronics NV 2.08%
ALV Autoliv, Inc. 2.07%
XL XL Group plc 2.00%
HBC HSBC Holdings plc 1.99%
BBL BHP Billiton plc 1.99%
WCRX Warner Chilcott plc 1.88%
RIO Rio Tinto plc 1.85%
STD Banco Santander, S.A. 1.66%
DSX Diana Shipping Inc. 1.65%
ACE ACE Limited 1.63%
QGEN Qiagen NV 1.55%
TS Tenaris SA 1.53%
BUD Anheuser-Busch InBev 1.51%
BBVA Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. 1.48%
CBI Chicago Bridge & Iron Company N.V. 1.46%
ESV Ensco plc 1.45%
DRYS DryShips, Inc. 1.42%
VE Veolia Environnement S.A. 1.37%
MT Arcelor Mittal 1.33%
ING ING Groep NV 1.27%
TEF Telefonica, S.A. 1.16%
COV Covidien plc 1.14%
IRE The Governor and Company of The Bank of Ireland 1.13%
VOD Vodafone Group plc 1.11%
GSK GlaxoSmithKline plc 1.06%
RIG Transocean Ltd. 1.03%
CS Credit Suisse Group 1.03%
VIP VimpelCom Ltd. 0.98%
INXN Interxion Holding NV 0.95%
DEO Diageo plc 0.90%
RDS-B Royal Dutch Shell plc 0.90%
TOT Total SA 0.83%
AZN AstraZeneca PLC 0.82%
CBE Cooper Industries plc 0.82%
YNDX Yandex N.V. 0.80%
STO Statoil ASA 0.78%
ARMH ARM Holdings plc 0.71%
PHG Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV 0.70%
VPRT Vistaprint N.V. 0.62%
TEL TE Connectivity Ltd. 0.60%
ACN Accenture plc 0.60%
LOGI Logitech International SA 0.59%
UL Unilever plc 0.52%
ERIC LM Ericsson Telephone Co. 0.50%
ASML ASML Holding NV 0.47%
NVS Novartis AG 0.38%
SNY Sanofi 0.37%
TYC Tyco International Ltd. 0.36%
NXPI NXP Semiconductors NV 0.35%
E Eni SpA 0.34%
UN Unilever NV 0.32%
SAP SAP AG 0.29%
FTE France Telecom 0.29%
NGG National Grid plc 0.18%
DLPH Delphi Automotive PLC 0.16%
SHPGY Shire plc 0.11%
WSH Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company -0.38%
BP BP plc -0.92%
ABB ABB Ltd. -2.97%
ANW Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc. -3.50%
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