Vienna stocks slump 8 pct as banking woes spread

Mon Oct 6, 2008 3:43am EDT
 
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VIENNA, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Vienna's stock exchange slumped over 8 percent in early trade on Monday, led by financial stocks, as concern about the global banking system spread across European markets.

Top losers in Austria were Erste Bank (ERST.VI), down 12.6 percent, and Raiffeisen International (RIBH.VI) down 10.7 percent. There were no stocks in positive territory.

(Reporting by Sylvia Westall; editing by John Stonestreet)

 
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