European investor confidence...

...plunged to the lowest in almost a year in June as Greece struggles to reduce its budget deficit and faster inflation threatens to undermine economic growth, the Sentix research institute said. An index measuring sentiment in the 17-nation euro region fell to 3.5 from 10.9 in May, the Limburg, Germany-based Sentix institute said in an e-mailed statement today. That's the lowest since July.