By Aude Lagorce
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- European bourses opened lower on Wednesday as the financial and mining sectors weighed. The Stoxx Europe 600 (ST:STOXX600 273.45, -0.46, -0.17%) slipped 0.4% to 272.90. The index closed at its highest level in more than two years on Tuesday. Among the main regional indices, France's CAC 40 index (FR:PX1 3,799, -11.45, -0.30%) fell 0.6% to 3,785.89, Germany's DAX 30 (DX:DAX 6,976, -26.02, -0.37%) declined 0.4% to 6,973.57 and the U.K.'s FTSE 100 (UK:UKX 5,789, -19.06, -0.33%) slipped 0.6% to 5,776.66. Among individual movers Capital Shopping Centres Group (UK:CSCG 392.80, -15.20, -3.73%) slumped 4.7% after Simon Property Group urged the firm to scrap its planned 1.6 billion pound acquisition of the Trafford Centre in Manchester, England. |
