Roundup: Failure of major U.S. lender sends EU stocks into retreat

ROME, March 13 (Xinhua) -- Stock exchanges across Europe were on their heels on Monday as investors worried that last week's collapse of U.S.-based Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) could portend similar problems among Italy's financial institutions.

European financial markets responded negatively across the board on Monday, with the DAX blue-chip index on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange ending the day down 3.04 percent, w