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MILAN, June 9 (Reuters) - European shares fell on Thursday,dropping for a second straight day, with a fall in Vodafoneweighing on the telecom sector and Essentra hit by a profitwarning.
The pan-European STOXX 600 and FTSEurofirst 300 indexes fell 0.6 percent and 0.5 percent respectivelyby 0710 GMT. Both indexes had lost 0.5 percent on Wednesday,snapping a two-day winning streak.
Vodafone fell 3.8 percent, making it the second biggestloser on the FTSEurofirst, after it traded without entitlementto its latest dividend payout.
Among the biggest fallers on the STOXX 600, Essentra fell 23 percent after it warned of lower full-yearprofit citing challenging market conditions in filter productsand delays in some large projects. [nL4N191251
All sectors were in the red. The STOXX 600 Basic Resourcesindex outperformed and was down just 0.1 percent, helpedby firmer copper prices.
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