European Stocks Drop as Energy Shares Falter
Major stock markets across Europe are trading lower today as energy
counters are taking a beating after failure of Doha talks saw oil
benchmarks suffer sharp losses.
At the time of writing,
Germany’s DAX was down 0.48%. France’s CAC was down 0.66% as well.
Meanwhile, UK’s mining heavy FTSE is also trading 0.60% lower on the
day. The broader Stoxx 600 index traded 0.60% lower.
Norway’s
Statoil and Subsea 7 were down 3.5% each. In UK, Anglo American,
Petrofac, Antofagasta were ruling the losers list. Germany’s Dialog was
down 4% as well. Meanwhile, travel stocks like Thomas Cook and TUI were
up 3.12% and 2.21% respectively.
