European markets close mixed: Euro Stoxx 50 +0.3%, DAX +0.1%, CAC 40 -0.53%, FTSE 100 -0.45%

European cash markets finished mixed: the Euro Stoxx 50 closed up 0.3 percent, the DAX closed up 0.1 percent, the CAC 40 closed down 0.53 percent and the FTSE 100 closed down 0.45 percent. UK volume leaders were Lloyds Banking Group down 0.56 percent, BP down 2.27 percent, Barclays down 0.74 percent, HSBC down 0.42 percent and Shell down 1.66 percent. continental European volume leaders were Deutsche Telekom down 1.01 percent, UBS up 0.05 percent, Nestle down 0.96 percent, Novartis down 0.4 percent and SAP up 0.71 percent.