By Sarah Turner
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- European shares were in a tight range on Thursday, with banks under pressure after Swiss banking group Credit Suisse (CH:CSGN 52.30, -2.05, -3.77%) (CS 50.73, -0.36, -0.70%) declined more than 3% after reporting first-quarter earnings. Industrials were also notably lower, with Siemens (SI 98.49, -1.00, -1.01%) shares down 1%. Elsewhere, shares of catering group Sodexo (FR:SW 46.14, +2.02, +4.55%) rose 3.6% and media firm Publicis (UK:PUB 94.25, -3.25, -3.32%) climbed 1.9%. The U.K. FTSE 100 index traded flat at 5,724.13, the German DAX index also traded flat at 6,232.24 and the French CAC-40 index declined 0.1% to 3,976.03.
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