The European stock markets closed lower in Thursday trading as the FTSE 100 in London slid 0.05%, Germany's DAX dropped 0.73%, France's CAC 40 fell 1.14%, The Stoxx Europe 600 slipped 0.71%, and the Swiss Market Index lost 0.8%.
The seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate in the eurozone stood at 6.2% in June, unchanged from a revised figure in May, according to Eurostat data.
In Germany, import prices dropped 1.4% year-over-year in June after a 1.1% fall in May, according to the country's Federal Statistical Office. German import prices were unchanged on a monthly basis.
In corporate news, British aerospace and defense company Rolls-Royce said its H1 earnings per diluted share attributable to shareholders rose to 0.5215 British pound ($0.69) from 0.1363 pound and revenue climbed to 9.49 billion pounds from 8.86 billion pounds a year ago.
Source : MT Newswires
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