Friday, April 27, 2007

European Stocks Drop, Paced by BHP, Anglo American; Peugeot Shares Advance

(Bloomberg) -- European stocks fell for the first time in three days after a slide in metal prices pushed shares of commodity producers lower. BHP Billiton Ltd. and Anglo American Plc paced the decline.

The Stoxx 600 dropped 0.2 percent to 387.75 as of 8:10 a.m. in London. The Stoxx 50 and the Euro Stoxx 50, a measure for the 13 nations sharing the euro, both lost 0.2 percent.


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