By Simon Kennedy
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- European stocks fell in early trading Tuesday after another day of heavy losses in China and as Ireland remained under pressure to accept a bailout from Europe. Among stocks on the move, Infineon Technologies (DE:IFX 6.28, +0.23, +3.87%) dropped 1.4% in Frankfurt after reporting its fourth-quarter results, while house builder Taylor Wimpey (UK:TW. 25.80, +0.85, +3.41%) climbed 5.2% in London after saying profit will be at the top end of its expectations. Among the main European indexes, the U.K. FTSE 100 (UK:UKX 5,739, -81.49, -1.40%) dropped 0.7% to 5,778.50, the French CAC 40 (FR:PX1 3,810, -54.60, -1.41%) fell 0.9% to 3,827.67 and the German DAX 30 index (DX:DAX 6,751, -39.04, -0.58%) slipped 0.5% to 6,753.59. |
