European small caps dip for first time in two years

European small cap equities dipped overall for the first time in two year, according to the Euromoney Smaller European Companies Index Series.

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That index fell by -3.20% in June, its first negative month since June 2013.

The recent fall has not made a big dent in the 2015 year-to-date performance which remains strong at  +17.72%.

Ireland with its 17 companies in the index was the best performing nation with an average fall of 1.53%.

Perhaps unsurprisingly Greece tops the charts for the wrong reason with average falls of -6.72%, and less expected, Sweden delivered the next weakest performance with a -6.43% overall fall.

In terms of sector performance, retail was the best losing just 1.18% overall, followed by technology which fell 2.49%.

The worst performing sector was natural resources which lost -5.42% overall followed by industrial goods which dipped -4.4%.

The Index Series currently comprises 1350 companies across 16 European countries.  

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