European Stocks Close Mostly Lower in Monday Trading; Novartis to Acquire Myricx for Up to $1.5 Billion
() -- The European stock markets closed mostly lower in Monday trading as The Stoxx Europe declined 0.4%, Germany's DAX gained 0.2%, the FTSE 100 fell 0.3%, France's CAC dropped 0.3%, and the Swiss Market Index lost 0.9%. In economic news, retail sales in the Eurozone rose a seasonally adjusted 0.2% in May from April,