Compagnie Financière Richemont shares fell 4.1 percent for the biggest decline among stocks monitored by the WWD Global Stock Tracker.
It was a down day for tracker stocks, which ended with a 0.3 percent decline to 101.02.
Richemont reported earlier in the day that its sales growth in the first five months slowed to 1 percent on a reported basis and 4 percent at constant exchange, below the estimates of analysts following the firm. Shares ended the day at 84 Swiss francs, or $90.08 at current exchange.
Quiksilver Inc. suffered the second largest decline among tracker stocks, receding 3 percent to $1.94, while Sears Holdings Corp. saw its shares pull back 2.7 percent to $29.56 in the aftermath of the $400 million in financing extended to it by ESL Investments, the hedge fund controlled by Sears chief executive Edward Lampert.
Unilever bearer shares dropped 2.5 percent to 26.16 pounds, or $42.58, while common shares of Inditex SA and bearer shares of The Swatch Group were down 2.1 percent, respectively, to 22.92 euros, or $29.57, and 488.60 Swiss francs, or $512.14.
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Inditex reported a 2.4 percent decline in first-half profits on a 6 percent improvement in sales to 8.09 billion euros, or $11.07 billion.
Adidas scored the biggest improvement among tracker stocks, rising 3.5 percent to 60.83 euros, or $78.84, followed by Pandora A/S, whose shares rose 2.3 percent to 452.90 Dutch kroner, or 478.82. Under Armour Inc. gained 2 percent to close at $69.09 and Coty Inc. and The Men’s Wearhouse Inc. both rose 1.8 percent to end the day at $17.54 and $50.64, respectively.