Europe: Stocks drop at open, before US inflation data

EUROPEAN stock markets dropped at the start of trading on Thursday (Nov 10) as investors looked ahead to key US inflation numbers due later in the session.

London’s benchmark FTSE 100 index fell 0.5 per cent to 7,263.45 points.

In the eurozone, Frankfurt’s DAX index shed 0.4 per cent to 13,605.60 points and the Paris CAC 40 lost 0.5 per cent to 6,396.33. AFP