A government bail-out of UK mortgage bank Northern Rock sent Europe banking shares sharply lower and set similar trouble for US bank shares. Northern Rock was down 27% on news that the Bank of England had to supply it emergency funding.
Barclays was off 3.2% Commerzbank fell almost 5%. BNP Paribas and Societe Generale were of about 3.5%.
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