Europe market closing price:Europe closes sharply lower, the sell-off starting as Greece's Tsipras - the ball for forming a government currently in his party's court - calls his country's bailout pledges "null and void." For the moment, the odds are stacked against him being able to create a governing coalition. Stoxx 50 -2%, Germany -1.9%, France -2.8%, Italy -2.2%, Spain -0.8%, U.K. -1.8%
Below these are the Top Performing Europe stocks of the day May 8, 2012.
Ticker Company Performance
SQNS Sequans Communications S.A. 11.88%
PT Portugal Telecom SGPS SA 3.74%
NOK Nokia Corporation 1.25%
COV Covidien plc 0.72%
LOGI Logitech International SA 0.60%
DSX Diana Shipping Inc. 0.13%
QGEN Qiagen NV 0.06%
TEF Telefonica, S.A. -0.21%
VOD Vodafone Group plc -0.43%
AZN AstraZeneca PLC -0.48%
FTE France Telecom -0.50%
XL XL Group plc -0.52%
WSH Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company -0.63%
NVS Novartis AG -0.75%
GSK GlaxoSmithKline plc -0.77%
ALV Autoliv, Inc. -0.96%
DRYS DryShips, Inc. -1.05%
HBC HSBC Holdings plc -1.07%
ELN Elan Corporation, plc -1.16%
STD Banco Santander, S.A. -1.17%
SHPGY Shire plc -1.24%
CNH CNH Global NV -1.25%
BBVA Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. -1.30%
ERIC LM Ericsson Telephone Co. -1.31%
UL Unilever plc -1.31%
SNY Sanofi -1.32%
UN Unilever NV -1.37%
E Eni SpA -1.38%
SI Siemens AG -1.39%
ACE ACE Limited -1.45%
WCRX Warner Chilcott plc -1.47%
TEL TE Connectivity Ltd. -1.50%
PHG Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV -1.55%
CBE Cooper Industries plc -1.68%
CS Credit Suisse Group -1.73%
TYC Tyco International Ltd. -1.85%
ABB ABB Ltd. -1.92%
VIP VimpelCom Ltd. -1.95%
UBS UBS AG -2.02%
ACN Accenture plc -2.04%
ASML ASML Holding NV -2.05%
SAP SAP AG -2.11%
NXPI NXP Semiconductors NV -2.21%
IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group plc -2.28%
BTI British American Tobacco plc -2.31%
VE Veolia Environnement S.A. -2.43%
IR Ingersoll-Rand Plc -2.44%
VPRT Vistaprint N.V. -2.50%
DLPH Delphi Automotive PLC -2.60%
BUD Anheuser-Busch InBev -2.60%
ST Sensata Technologies Holding NV -2.62%
YNDX Yandex N.V. -2.66%
TS Tenaris SA -2.69%
BBL BHP Billiton plc -2.72%
BP BP plc -2.76%
STX Seagate Technology PLC -2.77%
LYB LyondellBasell Industries NV -2.85%
DEO Diageo plc -2.90%
RDS-B Royal Dutch Shell plc -2.93%
AMRN Amarin Corporation plc -2.95%
RIO Rio Tinto plc -3.25%
ESV Ensco plc -3.32%
TOT Total SA -3.37%
BCS Barclays PLC -3.44%
INXN Interxion Holding NV -3.53%
DB Deutsche Bank AG -3.64%
FWLT Foster Wheeler AG -3.70%
STO Statoil ASA -3.76%
MT Arcelor Mittal -3.83%
TX Ternium S.A. -3.97%
AEG AEGON N.V. -3.99%
RIG Transocean Ltd. -4.38%
NE Noble Corp. -4.40%
WFT Weatherford International Ltd. -4.49%
IRE The Governor and Company of The Bank of Ireland -4.51%
ARMH ARM Holdings plc -4.58%
CBI Chicago Bridge & Iron Company N.V. -4.87%
STM STMicroelectronics NV -5.40%
ING ING Groep NV -6.06%
RBS The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc -6.44%
NMM Navios Maritime Partners L.P. -6.90%
VELT Velti Plc -7.14%
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