European stocks fell in early trade on Tuesday. Mining shares featured among the top losers, falling after copper group Antofagasta posted a sharp drop in profits, hurt by rising costs and lower metal prices. Its shares fell 2.7 percent, while Rio Tinto was down 1.9 percent and Anglo American down 0.9 percent, according to Reuters. At 0801 GMT, the FTSEurofirst 300 index of top European shares shed 0.9 percent at 1,212.34 points, while the euro zone's blue-chip Euro STOXX 50 index fell 1.1 percent to 2,789.98 points. The Euro STOXX 50 has surged 13 percent since late June, outpacing Wall Street's S&P 500, up 6 percent over the same period.
