European shares fell at the open on Friday, with financials such as BNP Paribas , down 4.7%, and oil producers such as BP , down 2.1%, dragging the market down. Financials fronted losses for U.S. shares on Thursday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average hitting a six-year low. Elsewhere, construction firm Saint Gobain dropped 13.4% after updating investors, while insurer Prudential ) climbed 5.1%. The U.K. FTSE 100 index dropped 1.7% to 3,951.76, the German DAX 30 index fell 2.5% to 4,109.85 and the French CAC-40 index lost 2.5% to 2,80.01.
