LONDON (Dow Jones)--Baring Emerging Europe PLC (BEE.LN) said Thursday it has purchased 16,000 of its own ordinary shares at a price of GBP7.7533 per ordinary share. MAIN FACTS: -These shares will be cancelled. -Shares closed Thursday at 778 pence. -By Tommy Stubbington, Dow Jones Newswires; 44-20-7842-9268; [email protected] (END) Dow Jones Newswires June 17, 2010 11:52 ET (15:52 GMT)