EADS stock lifted as Airbus deadline looms News that Airbus would be able to deliver its first A350 passenger jet on time lifted shares in parent company EADS on Monday morning. Speaking to the Financial Times, new chief executive Fabrice Brégier said Airbus would deliver the first jet in the first half of 2014, adding that it would be "challenging" but "achievable." Shares rose 2 per cent to €26.28. ACS , the second best-performing stock in Europe, also made progress, reflecting the cautious sentiment across the region in morning trading. Shares in the debt-laden Spanish construction group rose 1.8 per cent to €16.38. On Friday the chairman of Spanish power group Iberdrola , of which ACS is the biggest stakeholder, said the company could consider buying back shares from shareholders. In April ACS sold a 3.7 per cent stake in Iberdrola, trimming its shareholding in the company to just below 15 per cent. The wider FTSE Eurofirst 300 fell 1.1 per cent to 991.02, dragged down by Nokia . Shares fell 7.1 per cent to €1.79 after rival Samsung said sales of its Galaxy S III, which has laid siege to Nokia's dwindling market share, would exceed 10m in July and boost earnings from its handset division in its second quarter. More broadly, Spanish companies were among the worst-performing stocks on the Europe-wide index. Iberdrola fell 4.3 per cent to €3.48, while Spanish insurer Mapfre shed 4.1 per cent to €1.61. Repsol , the Spanish oil company, slid 4 per cent to €11.77. Spain's benchmark Ibex 35 slid 2.3 per cent to 6,717.3. In Germany, the Xetra Dax fell 1.6 per cent to 6,165.5, led by Man . Shares in the German truckmaker fell 2.2 per cent to €79.88. Peugeot helped to push the French CAC 40 index down 1.6 per cent to 3,041.12. Shares in the carmaker slid 3.6 per cent to €7.42. In Italy, the FTSE MIB lost 2.6 per cent to 13,308.73. Banco Popolare fell 4.9 per cent to €0.96. Greek stocks were heavily sold as worries about the country's future in the euro reverberated ahead of this week's meeting of EU leaders. Comments from George Soros on the crisis added to the sense of gloom surrounding the eurozone and foreshadowed concerns that may come to the fore at a summit of European leaders on Thursday. Speaking to Bloomberg television Mr Soros said: "There is a disagreement on the fiscal side. Unless that is resolved in the next three days, then I'm afraid that the summit could turn out to be a fiasco. The Athens General index fell 4.2 per cent to 582.65.