Europe shares fall on U.S. consumer confidence data

LONDON, June 30 (Reuters) - European shares hit a session low in afternoon trade on Tuesday after data showed U.S. consumer confidence fell in June after two straight months of gains.

At 1416 GMT, the FTSEurofirst 300 .FTEU3 index of top European shares was down 0.8 percent at 852.58 points, the low for the day. Banks took the most points off the index, with HSBC (HSBA.L) and Standard Chartered (STAN.L) down 1.5 and 2.7 percent respectively.

The Dow Jones .DJI, S&P 500 .SPX and Nasdaq Composite .IXIC indexes were down between 0.4 and 0.7 percent.

The Conference Board, a U.S. industry group, said on Tuesday its index of consumer attitudes dropped to 49.3 from 54.8 in May. [ID:nLU877510] (Reporting by Brian Gorman)