On Tuesday European stock markets fell on
an expensive Spanish bond auction and on US data that showed
lower-than-expected GDP growth. France's CAC 40 index lost 0.8% and
closed at 2,870.68, German DAX 30 index fell 1.2% to 5,537.39 while U.K's FTSE
100 index slumped 0.3% reaching 5,206.82. Spanish index IBEX 35 declined most
and gave up 1.5% closing at 7,904.90.