By Simon Kennedy
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- European stocks markets moved lower in early trading Wednesday, adding to the previous session's losses as bank stocks continued to lose ground. Barclays (UK:BARC 303.65, -10.35, -3.30%) (BCS 19.13, -1.15, -5.67%) and Royal Bank of Scotland (UK:RBS 45.75, -0.36, -0.78%) (RBS 14.03, -0.52, -3.57%) were both down 1.3% in London. Among other stocks in focus, Vodafone Group (UK:VOD 158.25, -1.65, -1.03%) (VOD 24.46, -0.38, -1.53%) slipped 0.4% after announcing plans to sell its entire stake in China Mobile for around $6.6 billion. The U.K.'s FTSE 100 index (UK:UKX 5,366, -41.52, -0.77%) fell 0.4% to 5,386.86, the French CAC 40 index (FR:PX1 3,621, -23.11, -0.63%) was down 0.1% at 3,642.01 and the German DAX 30 index (DX:DAX 6,071, -46.84, -0.77%) fell 0.2% to 6,107.27. |
