Thursday, June 21, 2007

Europe shares fall as Nokia slides, bonds in focus

(Reuters) - European shares fell on Thursday as a rise in government bond yields hit Wall Street overnight while Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia slid after a downgrade from Goldman Sachs.

At 07:15 GMT the pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index fell 0.3 percent to 1,615.00 points, after a 1.4 percent slide in the Standard & Poor's 500 index on Wednesday as benchmark U.S. Treasury yields broke back above 5.00 percent.


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