Barcelona Attack Dents Travel Stocks as Global Sell-Off Spreads to Europe
Aug. 18, 2017
LONDON (Reuters) - European travel stocks fell sharply in early trading on Friday after a deadly attack in tourist hotspot Barcelona, with investors also increasingly concerned the Trump administration was fraying at the seams.
As a global sell-off spread, the pan-European STOXX 600 was down 0.9 percent by 0725 GMT, with blue-chips .STOXX50E down 1 percent, following falls in Asian and U.S. stocks overnight. All European sectors were in the red.
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