By Simon Kennedy
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- European stock markets fell in early trading Friday, with the banking sector dropping after a report that Deutsche Bank (DE:DBK 47.63, +0.15, +0.31%) (DB 59.99, -1.97, -3.18%) plans to raise more than $10 billion of capital by selling new stock. Shares in Deutsche Bank dropped around 5% in early Frankfurt trading. Among other stocks in focus, mobile handset maker Nokia (FI:NOK1V 8.16, +0.42, +5.36%) (NOK 9.76, +0.06, +0.62%) rose around 6% in early trading after the company appointed a new chief executive. Among the main indexes, the U.K.'s FTSE 100 index (UK:UKX 5,499, +4.36, +0.08%) dropped 0.2% to 5,483.28 and the German DAX 30 index (DX:DAX 6,215, -6.78, -0.11%) fell 0.3% to 6,205.16. |
