Europe: Equities slip at open; London down 0.3%

[LONDON] Europe's major stock market indices weakened at the open on Friday, with London's benchmark FTSE 100 sliding almost 0.3 per cent to 7,420.44 points.

In the eurozone, Frankfurt's DAX 30 index shed 0.3 per cent to 12,757.97 points, and the Paris CAC 40 dipped 0.2 per cent to 5,273.24 compared with Thursday's closing level.

AFP