World stock markets fell Tuesday but relatively strong U.S. consumer confidence and housing data helped limit swine flu-related losses.
The FTSE 100 of leading British shares closed down 70.61 points, or 1.7 percent, at 4,096.40 while Germany's DAX fell 86.65 points, or 1.9 percent, to 4,607.42. The CAC-40 in France was down 51.41 points, or 1.7 percent, at 3,051.02.
On Wall Street, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 16.57 points, or 0.2 percent, at 8,008.43 while the broader Standard & Poor's 500 index was down 2.13 points, or 0.3 percent, at 855.38.
The solid performance on Wall Street was unexpected _ futures markets were predicting …
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