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)