Global worries raise doubts over AIB shares sale

European shares slipped again on renewed scares over the price of oil, but posted their first significant gains this week, even as big concerns persist over the continent’s banks.

Worries about the health of the banks will raise doubts about whether any new government here will be able to sell the first 25% stake in AIB this year after all.

Stock-market indices have sunk this year amid concerns that the global economic slowdown has meant that markets have over-valued company shares.