STOCKS NEWS EUROPE-Peripheral euro zone outpaces core in 3Q
Blue-chip stock indexes in Italy and Spain outperformed their German and
French counterparts in the third quarter of the year as better economic data in
the euro zone periphery attracted investors to a region that had previous been
shunned.
Spain's Ibex 35 was the best performer among the euro zone's top
five stock indexes, rising 18.3 percent, or more than twice as fast as Germany's
Index RIC 3Q13 (PCT) 1 year (PCT)
IBEX 35 18.3 19.2
FTSE MIB (Milan: FTSEMIB.MI - news) 14.4 15.5
EURO STOXX 50 (Zurich: ^STOXX50E - news) 11.2 17.9
CAC 40 (Paris: ^FCHI - news) 10.8 23.5
XETRA DAX PF 8.0 19.1
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