Reckitt Benckiser Group Plc and Aberdeen Asset Management Plc

Aberdeen Asset Management Plc: Wincor Nixdorf AG slid the most since May after the maker of automated teller machines posted third-quarter revenue that fell short of analysts estimates. Aberdeen Asset Management Plc ADN slid 5.3 percent after reporting a drop in assets under management. Ryanair Holdings Plc RYA added 2.7 percent after lifting its fiscal full-year profit goal as quarterly profit more than doubled. Reckitt Benckiser Group Plc rose 2.7 percent after saying it will spin off its pharmaceutical business, according to Business Week. Looming Russian sanctions and ongoing Gaza talks will probably overshadow positive earnings surprises, Alex Neil, head of equity and derivatives trading at EFG Bank in Geneva, said in an interview. My own gut feeling is that investors will look for excuses to take profits in the short term. Indexes Fall European stocks fell for a second day as investors weighed unrest in Ukraine and the Middle East, and watched companies financial results. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index fell 0.2 percent to 341.34 at the close of trading after sliding as much as 0.7 percent and rising as much as 0.3 percent. The equity gauge climbed 0.7 percent last week, a second weekly gain, as companies from Danske Bank A/S to Actelion Ltd. raised their annual earnings projections. The gauge trimmed its advance on July 25 after companies including Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA and Statoil ASA posted profit that missed estimates. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.