Insurers lead losses, oil & gas stocks up (Il Sole 24 Ore Radiocor) - Milan, 02 Jul - Investors also looked ahead to Britain's general election - scheduled for Thursday - which looks set to end 14 years in power for the Conservative Party as opinion polls give a large lead to Keir Starmer's opposition Labour Party over prime minister Rishi Sunak's Tories.

In European stock market dealings most sectors were lower, with insurers leading the losses, while oil and gas stocks rose as oil prices held at their highest levels in seven weeks.

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