By Simon Kennedy
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- European stocks edged lower in early trading Friday, after another weak session for Wall Street, with banks, miners and oil companies all losing ground. Among stocks in focus, airline Iberia Lineas Aereas de Espana (ES:IBLA 2.61, +0.04, +1.48%) rose around 1% after it swung to a second-quarter profit and British Airways (UK:BAY 215.00, +4.40, +2.09%) , which has agreed to merge with Iberia, rose 1.8%. Among the heavyweight fallers was oil giant BP (UK:BP. 379.20, -6.40, -1.66%) (BP 35.42, +0.17, +0.48%) , which lost 1.7%. The U.K.'s FTSE 100 Index fell 0.1% to 5,149.55, the French CAC 40 Index dropped 0.2% to 3,466.52 and the German DAX 30 Index lost 0.1% at 5,908.11. |
