European share indexes become negative

16 out of 17 share indexes of West Europe dropped yesterday. The Danish stock market was closed. The composite index of Stoxx Europe 600 dropped by 1.49% to 295.12 points, a minimal since April 24. The indicator has been growing by 5.6% since the start of the year, Interfax reports.

Index of Dow Jones Euro Stoxx 50 dropped by 46.37 (-1.68%) to 2709.33 points.

CAC 40 (France) index dropped by 73.39 points (-1.87%) to 3852.44, DAX (Germany) by 99.78 points (-1.20%) to 8196.18 points. The volume of deals on Wednesday increased by 11%, compared with the average daily volume in the past 30 days.

FTSE 100 (UK) index dropped by 139.27 points (-2.12) to 6419.31, a record for over a year. Tesco index dropped by 5.2%, Wm. Morrison Supermarkets by 3.5%, J Sainsbury by 1.8%, Marks & Spencer Group by 2.8%.

Value of Royal Bank of Scotland dropped by 2.1%, HSBC by 2.6%, Standard Chartered by 2.9%, Anglo American by 4.3%, BHP Billiton by 2.7%, Fresnillo by 4.2%, Royal Dutch Shell by 2%, BP by 1.2%.

Value of Carrefour (France) dropped by 4.1% and its income in Europe may be affected by reduction of sales in Spain, Italy and Poland.

Capitalization of Man Group dropped by about 17%. The value of Voestalpine increased by 7.6%, according to the financial year ending in March. Voestalpine earned 444.9 million euro, dividends increased by 13%.