Europe: Stock markets fall at open

[LONDOn] Europe's main stock markets fell at the start of trading on Thursday, with London's benchmark FTSE 100 index down 0.5 per cent at 7,069.89 points.

In the eurozone, Frankfurt's DAX 30 index dropped 0.5 per cent to 11,430.80 points and the Paris CAC 40 shed 0.4 per cent to 5,204.77, compared with Wednesday's closing levels.

AFP