England will face Italy in the quarter-finals of Euro 2012 on June 20th at 8:45pm CET in Kyiv. The STOXX UK Total Market Index has increased by 5.64% since the beginning of the year, while the STOXX Italy Total Market Index has fallen by 7.61%, potentially indicating better fortunes for England based on their home stock market's performance compared to Italy's. The article examines the local stock market movements of England and Italy from December 31, 2011 to June 20, 2012 in relation to their upcoming quarter-final match.

1. "EURO 2012 - Who will take home the trophy?"
Quarter-final England - Italy illustrated by the performance of the local total market indices (12/31/11 - 06/20/12)
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Index data is in price return and normalized to base value of 100. All data as of June 20, 2012.
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STOXX UK TMI
STOXX Italy TMI
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In tonight's fourth EURO 2012 quarter-final, England will play against Italy in Kyiv at 8.45pm CET. If the performance of local equity markets could predict the
outcome of the game, England should clearly win: the STOXX UK Total Market Index was up 5.64% since the beginning of this year, while the STOXX Italy Total
Market Index was down -7.61% over the same timeframe. Source: STOXX Limited.