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Italy vote uncertainty weighs on European shares

By REUTERS

FEBRUARY 25, 2013 18:51

LONDON - Uncertainty over the Italian election outcome dragged European indexes off their highs on concern that an unclear outcome could hamper the country's effort to implement economic reforms.

The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index provisionally closed up 0.1 percent at 1,166.73 points, off a high of 1,174.24 points.

If no stable government is formed, voters could be forced to return to the polls, thereby fuelling short-term market volatility.

Kevin Lilley, European equity fund manager at Old Mutual Asset Managers, said he had sold off bank stocks in the run-up to the Italian vote and could sell more equities if the center-right party headed by Silvio Berlusconi won the Senate.

"It will be 'risk-off' if Berlusconi wins. Italian bond yields will go up in the short-term," he said.

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