Europeanindexes all jumped following strong earnings from pharmaceuticalscompanyAstraZeneca PLC, drug and materials companyBayer AG and telecommunicationscompaniesBT PLC andFrancetelecomSA.
Among the largest underlying components of DGS, in trading today Barclays Bank Plc ( AMEX: INP) is off about 0.8%, IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones S.A. ( NYSE: IRS) is off about 1.3%, and Telecom Argentina SA ( NYSE: TEO) is lower by about 1.1%.