European stock markets showed broad-based losses on Thursday, hurt by disappointing Chinese and French data as well as worries that the U.S. Federal Reserve will soon scale back its asset purchases.
The Stoxx Europe 600 index gave up 0.6% to 321.08, on track for the lowest closing level in more than a week.
France’s CAC 40 index led the major indexes lower, of 1% at 4,226.26, after the preliminary purchasing managers index for November showed a contraction in both the services and manufacturing sector. The manufacturing PMI fell to a six-month low of 47.8, while the services reading slid to a fourth-month low at 48.8.
The story was a bit brighter in Germany and the broader euro zone, however, where the manufacturing PMI climbed to a 29-month high both places.
Germany’s DAX 30 index dropped 0.7% to 9,141.77, while the U.K.’s FTSE 100 index gave up 0.3% to 6,658.12.
The London benchmark was weighed by resource firm, falling on the back of a weaker-than-expected reading on China’s PMI. Shares of BHP Billiton PLC lost 0.9% and Rio Tinto PLC slipped 0.4%.
Shares of Societe Generale SA fell 1.4% in Paris and Mediobanca SpA lost 1% in Milan.
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