By Sarah Turner
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- European shares continued to lose ground on Tuesday, with miners leading the fifth straight day of losses. BHP Billiton (UK:BLT 1,875, -38.50, -2.01%) shares were down 2.1% and Rio Tinto (UK:RIO 3,145, -78.50, -2.44%) shares fell 2.5%. On the plus side, Siemens (DE:SIE 66.21, +1.41, +2.18%) shares were up 1.9% after the industrial giant reported a 23% rise in first-quarter net profit. The U.K. FTSE 100 index declined 0.7% to 5,223.02, the German DAX index dropped 0.7% to 5,591.74 and the French CAC-40 index declined 0.9% to 3,746.54. |
