London's FTSE 100 index retreated 1.9%, Frankfurt's DAX tumbled 2.7% and Paris's CAC-40 fell 2.5%.
Britain's FTSE 100 lost 0.3%, Germany's DAX index dropped 1.0%, and France's CAC-40 fell 0.6%.
The Dax index in Frankfurt and the FTSE 100 in London each fell more than 4%.
The FTSE 100 index of leading British shares was 0.7 percent higher at 6, 326.
Admiral Group is the only FTSE 100 listed company with its headquarters in Wales.
The U.K.'s FTSE 100 index closed up 0.5%, at 5777.11, edging up 0.1% on the week.
The Stoxx Europe 600 index fell 0.7%, while the U.K.'s FTSE 100 ended down 0.6%.
Paris' CAC-40 rose 2 percent, London's FTSE 100 1.2 percent and Frankfurt's DAX 1.9 percent.
The FTSE 100 was trading down 430.6 points at 4, 549.7, its lowest point since September 2004.
While the FTSE 100 slipped and U.K. gilts fell back, sterling ticked higher against the dollar.
In the 1970s the FTSE 100 was made up largely of parochial companies serving British customers.
The FTSE 100 index lost 1% to 5513.69, but was up 0.6% on a weekly basis.
The U.K.'s FTSE 100 advanced 0.3% to its highest closing level since December 2007.
France's Cac40 rose 2.3%, Germany's Dax rose 1.0% and the UK's FTSE 100 gained 0.8%.
Britain's FTSE 100 fell 0.4 percent to 6, 299 while Germany's DAX shed 0.3 percent to 7, 786.
In London, the FTSE 100 index of leading British shares closed 73.79 points, or 1.9 percent, higher at 3, 926.38.
Britain's FTSE 100 declined 0.5%, France's CAC-40 was off by 0.3% and Germany's DAX edged down 0.2%.
In Europe, the Stoxx Europe 600 index fell 0.7%, while the U.K.'s FTSE 100 ended down 0.6%.
The early funds tended to replicate an index: buying every share in the FTSE 100, for example.
Germany's DAX has soared 18% this year, and the U.K.'s FTSE 100 is up just over 5%.
The U.K.'s FTSE 100 gained 0.7% and closed above 6300 for the first time since May 2008.
The Paris and Frankfurt exchanges closed down 2%, while London's FTSE 100 ended the day 1.6% lower.
The head of the global group brushed off the company's potential relegation from the FTSE 100 share index.
Abroad, Asian markets were mostly flat, while in Europe, the FTSE 100 followed American markets into the red.
The UK's FTSE 100 closed 8.9% down, while the French Cac lost 7.7% and German Dax dropped 8.4%.
In London, the FTSE 100 index of leading shares finished the day up 3.5% or 205.3 points at 6, 064.2.
The FTSE 100 was higher by about one percent and the German DAX was higher by about one percent.
It is only the fourth time that a FTSE 100 company has lost a vote on a remuneration report.
While Unilever is lagging behind the FTSE 100 Index this year, it outperformed the market by 16% last year.
And weaker metals prices pushed London's FTSE 100 index 2.2% lower at close as mining firm Antofagasta shed 7.85%.
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