European markets close mixed; Euro Stoxx 50 slips

European cash markets ended mixed, with the Euro Stoxx 50 down 1.02 percent, the DAX off 0.5 percent, the CAC 40 lower by 0.76 percent and the FTSE 100 up 0.44 percent. Among UK volume leaders, Lloyds Banking Group fell 1.62 percent, Barclays dropped 3.09 percent, BP rose 1.17 percent, HSBC declined 1.02 percent and Shell gained 0.87 percent. Among continental European volume leaders, UBS fell 2.76 percent, Deutsche Telekom added 1.19 percent, Novartis rose 1.68 percent, SAP climbed 5.08 percent and Sanofi advanced 2.96 percent.