In July, European shares, ten-year German Bunds and gold all rose by more than 2.5%.
The Dow Jones Euro Stoxx index of 50 leading European shares was down 1.7%, at 3, 275.20 points.
After a four-day rally, European shares traded lower on Tuesday afternoon, with mining companies the biggest losers.
European shares are not at their cheapest ever, but they look relatively attractive.
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After a day of highly volatile trading, European shares seized back some of the ground lost during Tuesday's turmoil.
In New York, the Dow Jones closed up 2.4%, while European shares were up about 2% for the day.
European shares, too, have stumbled: the Eurotop 300, an index of the shares of leading companies, is 5.5% off its peak.
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Earlier, European shares had also seen heavy losses, with the main markets in London, Paris and Frankfurt all losing more than 1.5%.
European shares plunged to end Friday between seven and nine percent lower.
The city, which has 30, 000 Russian speakers, has attracted hundreds of mostly small East European trading firms, and its stockmarket specialises in East European shares.
European shares were down 1.0% on Friday afternoon, in response to news from the U.S. that jobless claims rose 5%, to a two-year high.
European shares have recovered slightly from Monday's sharp falls as investors shook off rising Spanish bond yields and worsening forecasts of Greek economic contraction.
Europe's banks may have to deal with up to 31 different national and cross-border clearing and settlement systems when trading in European shares and bonds.
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The initiatives sent leading European shares higher during afternoon trading: the Frankfurt DAX soared 8.5%, the Paris CAC 40 gained 6.7%, while the London FTSE 100 advanced 4.6%.
Two-thirds of German trading in East European shares is done there.
That is why analysts at Morgan Stanley, an American investment bank, predict that European shares will fall by 15-20% between now and the end of the year.
If it does not get its act together, slash costs and provide a cheap way of trading British and European shares, newer rivals will do the job for it.
European shares closed lower on Friday on what was a relatively light day of trading due to the American Fourth of July holiday and the closure of trading on Wall Street.
Those remarks sent European banking shares down hard early in the week and were promptly disavowed.
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Yet things might change quickly if any of Europe's big three exchanges were taken over by a rival, or if Euronext really were to benefit from a rise in the pan-European trading of shares.
North European Oil Royalty Trust shares are currently trading down about 3% on the day.
And shares of European defence firms have not been hit as hard as those in America.
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The French and Italian federations have agreed to cede shares in European Cup Ltd, the organisation that organises the Heineken Cup, to their clubs.
An example is virt-x, a small electronic exchange for European blue-chip shares which offers clearing and settlement alternatives: nearly all the liquidity has migrated to just one of them.
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Shares in European financials like Banco Santander and Deutsche Bank were up more than 4% on Thursday, while global U.S. banks like JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, and Morgan Stanley surged.
Shares in European banks lost ground following the downgrade.
The RFU is reluctant to hand over equal voting rights and shares in European Cup Rugby (ERC), which runs the Heineken Cup, whereas the French and Italian authorities have agreed to do so.
Shares in European banks tumbled on Tuesday morning as a result, with Barclays, a British bank with fewer write-downs and a lower capital cushion than many of its peers, taking the worst punishment.
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