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The EURO STOXX 50 moved down 1.03%, French CAC 40 lost 1.24%. As for German DAX 30, this benchmark slumped 0.65%.
Financial stocks generally declined as French lenders BNP Paribas as well as Societe Generale lost 2.11% and 2.32% respectively, while Germany's Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank dived respectively 1.28% and 1.59%.
As for peripheral lenders, Italian Intesa Sanpaolo and Unicredit went down respectively 1.18% and 1.60%, while Spanish banks BBVA along with Banco Santander decreased 0.98% and 1.23% respectively.
Meanwhile, everlasting worries as for the level of American crude output suppressed crude prices, which in turn brought stocks down.
FTSE 100 lost 0.35% in London, suppressed by Provident Financial, whose stocks slipped 14.41%.
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