Stocks fell in Europe at 6.55 AM New York time.

The FTSE was off .8% to 6,033. Whitbread rose 7.1% to 1313. Vodafone (VOD) fell 1.1% to 162.4.

The DAXX dropped .8% to 6,941. Bayer (BAY) fell 3.4% to 52.26. Siemens (SI) fell 2.3% to 89.98.

The CAC 40 sold off .8% to 4,929. AXA (AXA) fell 2.5% to 23.25. EADS dropped 2.9% to 18.25.

Data from Reuters

Douglas A. McIntyre