Europe shares fall on U.S. consumer confidence data

LONDON, June 30 - European shares hit a session low in afternoon trade on Tuesday after data showed U.S. consumer confidence fell in June after two straight months of gains.

At 1416 GMT, the FTSEurofirst 300 <.FTEU3> index of top European shares was down 0.8 percent at 852.58 points, the low for the day. Banks took the most points off the index, with HSBC <HSBA.L> and Standard Chartered <STAN.L> down 1.5 and 2.7 percent respectively.

The Dow Jones <.DJI>, S&P 500 <.SPX> and Nasdaq Composite <.IXIC> indexes were down between 0.4 and 0.7 percent.

The Conference Board, a U.S. industry group, said on Tuesday its index of consumer attitudes dropped to 49.3 from 54.8 in May. [ID:nLU877510]

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