European markets close mixed: Euro Stoxx 50 -0.55%, DAX +0.69%, CAC 40 +0.31%, FTSE 100 +0.93%

European cash markets finished mixed: the Euro Stoxx 50 closed down 0.55 percent, the DAX closed up 0.69 percent, the CAC 40 closed up 0.31 percent and the FTSE 100 closed up 0.93 percent. UK volume leaders were Lloyds Banking Group up 0.38 percent, BP up 3.74 percent, Barclays down 0.35 percent, HSBC up 0.17 percent and Shell up 0.77 percent. continental European volume leaders were Deutsche Telekom up 0.52 percent, Nestle up 1.2 percent, UBS up 0.2 percent, Novartis down 0.55 percent and SAP up 1.45 percent.