| LONDON (MarketWatch) -- European shares lost ground on Wednesday, pulled down by companies that are closely tied to economic growth expectations, such as miners, banks and automakers. Notable decliners included car maker Daimler (DE:DAI 31.10, +0.22, +0.70%) , down 1.7%, and miner Anglo American (UK:AAL 1,845, 0.00, 0.00%) , down 2%. However, Eurasian Natural Resources (UK:ENRC 766.00, 0.00, 0.00%) managed to outperform the lower mining sector, rising 4.1% after it said that production improved in the second quarter. The U.K. FTSE 100 index lost 1% to 4,640.24, the German DAX index declined 1.2% to 5,189.31 and the French CAC-40 index fell 0.9% to 3,419.64. |
