LONDON: European shares fell on Tuesday, the first day of the trading week for several markets after a long holiday, with a local-election battering for Spain's government and Greece's ongoing debt drama offsetting bumper airline results.
At 0749 GMT, the pan-Europe FTSEurofirst 300 was down 0.4%. Spanish banks were among the biggest underperformers, with shares of Popular, Sabadell and Caixabank down 1.8% to 2.2%.
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