Fitch lowers Spain's credit rating to BBB

Source: Bloomberg
Fitch Ratings lowered Spain's credit worthiness from A to BBB, citing crisis in banking sector and deepening recession. Fitch estimates that Spanish banking industry may need around USD 126 bn to stabilize its system. Standard & Poor's currently has BBB+ rating on nation. Euro depreciated versus US Dollar to USD 1.2456 on the news. 
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Fri, 08 Jun 2012 17:50:32 GMT

Euro stock on decline, DAX off 0.22%

On Friday, stock markets in Europe closed lower on poor German export, Spanish sovereign downgrade. Fitch rating agency significantly decreased Spanish credit rating, German exports slipped 1.7%, compared to an expected 0.7% decline. European trade closed with EURO STOXX 50 0.03% increase, France's CAC 40 declined by 0.66%, and German DAX 30 fell by 0.22%.

Fri, 08 Jun 2012 15:17:29 GMT

Italian production output drops by 9.2% from the previous year

As the European crisis continues to progress, the demand for Italian merchandise tumbles both on the domestic as well as the foreign market. Consequently, the production output fell in April by 1.9% and an overall 9.2% from the previous year. Italy entered a recession in Q4 2011 when Mario Monti attempted to resolve the debt crisis by accepting EUR 20 billion of austerity measures.

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