Europe: Stock markets fall at open

[LONDON] Europe's main stock markets fell at the start of trading on Thursday, with London pausing from a run of record highs.

London's benchmark FTSE 100 index opened with a loss of 0.2 per cent to 7,273.56 points compared with the close on Wednesday.

In the eurozone, Frankfurt's DAX 30 index fell 0.4 per cent to 11,599.24 points and the Paris CAC 40 lost 0.3 per cent to 4,873.01.

AFP