LONDON (Dow Jones)--Gartmore European Investment Trust Plc (GEO.LN) announced Friday it purchased 38,000 Ordinary 50 pence shares at a price of 560.80 pence per share to be held in Treasury. MAIN FACTS: -Shares at 1529 GMT down 4.5 pence, or 0.8%, at 558 pence. -By Zechariah Hemans, Dow Jones Newswires; 44-20-7842-9411; [email protected] (END) Dow Jones Newswires July 30, 2010 11:32 ET (15:32 GMT)