LONDON -- European stock markets have shrugged off yesterday's stimulus efforts by central banks and are trading lower Friday as risk appetite in the continent wanes. Fears surrounding the eurozone debt crisis have resurfaced after Spain's 10-year bond yields once again reached the unsustainable 7% level.
Meanwhile, markets are looking to today's U.S. nonfarm payroll numbers for some signs of recovery, with hopes that the consensus estimate of a 90,000 increase may be beaten after the ADP report this week said the U.S. in fact hired more workers than expected in June. Early premarket trade has the S&P 500
Despite widely lackluster performance, there are a number of European companies making headway this morning. Here are three ADRs set to beat the S&P today.
Aviva
U.K. insurer Aviva
ArcelorMittal
Steelmaker ArcelorMittal
The EU's competition regulators said that an alleged loss of revenue incurred by Hidroelectrica after signing contracts to sell electricity to Arcelor in 2009 is attributable to the Romanian state -- in effect suggesting that the company received electricity at loss-making prices, subsidized by the Romanian government. ArcelorMittal has been trading more than 1% higher in Europe.
Sanofi
French pharmaceutical Sanofi
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