LONDON (The Deal) -- The European markets were mixed this morning, with London pulled up by its banks -- despite some very ambiguous news from that quarter -- and Paris pulled down by poor results from luxury goods heavyweight LVMH . Gloom in Germany over the crisis in Ukraine was in stark contrast to Britain's joy over economic growth, which seemed to eclipse worries that sanctions against Russia could hurt Britain's huge financial services sector -- and possibly also its biggest oil companies. The U.K.