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European Stocks Fall After Iran Attacks Oil Rig; Allianz Falls
Aug. 22 (Bloomberg) -- European stocks fell after Iran's military seized control of a Romanian oil and gas rig in the Persian Gulf. Allianz AG and Axa SA led declines.
The Dow Jones Stoxx 600 Index lost 0.2 percent to 329.95 at 1:22 p.m. in London, after earlier rising as much as 0.5 percent. The Stoxx 50 slid 0.2 percent. The Euro Stoxx 50, a measure for the 12 nations sharing the euro, fell 0.4 percent.
National benchmarks fell in all of the 18 western European markets except Iceland, Finland, Portugal and Denmark. Germany's DAX Index declined 0.3 percent. France's CAC 40 and the U.K.'s FTSE 100 Index dropped 0.4 percent.
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FOCUS:Romania Oil Services Co Protests To Iran Over Rig Spat
By Selina Williams, Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES
LONDON -(Dow Jones)- A Romanian oil services company has filed protests to Iran's oil and defense ministry after its rig in Iranian waters came under fire from an Iranian military warship and was later occupied by Iranian troops, a spokesman for the Romanian operator said Tuesday.
An Iranian official said Romania's Grup Servicii Petroliere, or GSP, had failed to follow contractual procedures.