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European shares hit day's low after U.S. data

Fri Nov 13, 2009 10:07am EST

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LONDON, Nov 13 (Reuters) - European shares hit their lowest level of the day on Friday afternoon, following weaker-than-expected U.S. consumer confidence data.

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At 1503 GMT, the FTSEurofirst 300 .FTEU3 index of leading European shares down 0.3 percent at 1,012.03 points, and had hit a low for the day of 1,010.19.

Banks took most points off the index, with Banco Santander (SAN.MC), Barclays (BARC.L), Credit Suisse (CSGN.VX) and UBS (UBSN.VX) down between 0.9 and 3.2 percent.

U.S. consumer sentiment fell in early November to the weakest in three months amid grim expectations for job and income prospects, a survey showed. [ID:nN13145905]

The Dow Jones .DJI was up 0.3 percent. The S&P 500 .SPX and Nasdaq Composite .IXIC were both up 0.1 percent. (Reporting by Brian Gorman)

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