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BUZZ-European stocks: all sectors in the red, utilities top losers

** 30 mins ahead of the U.S. open European indices remain firmly in the red but off their intra-day lows.

** Skewed positioning in the form of crowded longs in healthcare & utilities causing disruptions similar to other asset classes.

** All European sectors in the red with year's top performer utilities the worst of the lot, down 2.4 pct.

** Healthcare stocks Getinge (Other OTC: GNGBF - news) and Shire top two worst performing stocks by some distance on heavy volumes. Shire (Xetra: S7E.DE - news) sees nearly 5.5 times avg 30-day volume traded.

** Asset manager Man Group (LSE: EMG.L - news) , oddly, Europe's best performing stock on the day, up 4.7 pct.

** S&P 500 e-minis down 1.3 pct close to Wednesday's lows.

(RM (LSE: RM.L - news) : vikram.subhedar.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)