Major European equity indices fell: Germany's DAX slid as much as 1% intraday, the Stoxx Europe 50 and Italy's FTSE MIB dropped over 1%, the

Major European equity indices fell: Germany's DAX slid as much as 1% intraday, the Stoxx Europe 50 and Italy's FTSE MIB dropped over 1%, the UK's FTSE 100 fell 0.35% and France's CAC 40 declined 0.74%.